Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes
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Recipe type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
  • 1 C + 2 TBSP flour
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ tbsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
  • ½ C sugar
  • 2 TBSP + 2 TSP brown sugar
  • 1 egg, room temp
  • 6 tbsp whole milk
  • ½ C pumpkin puree
  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
  • ½ C powder sugar
  • 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 piping bags
  • 1 large star tip #8b
  • 1 small star tip #4b
  • 1 leaf tip #67
  • orange and green gel food coloring
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with cupcake liners
  2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Using a whisk, mix until combined, set aside.
  3. In a standing mixer, beat until creamy the butter and both sugars.
  4. Add the egg and mix until combined.
  5. Mix in the milk and pumpkin puree until combined
  6. Gradually stir in the flour
  7. Scoop batter into the cupcake liners ¾ full
  8. Bake for 22 minutes
  9. Once done baking, set aside to cool while you prepare the frosting.
  10. Icing Directions
  11. Using a standing mixer, combine the butter, powder sugar, heavy whipping cream and vanilla
  12. Mix until light and fluffy but stiff
  13. spit the frosting into two bowls, one bowl for the orange color and the other bowl for the green color
  14. Scoop some orange frosting into the piping bag fitted with the #8b tip
  15. Scoop green frosting into the other two piping bags
  16. Take your cooled cupcakes and pipe a glob of orange frosting in the center of the cupcake
  17. Take your #4b piping bag and pipe a 'stem' in the middle of the orange on the top
  18. Using the leaf tip, pipe leaves around the edging of the stem.
Recipe by A Frugal Chick at https://www.afrugalchick.com/pumpkin-patch-cupcakes/