Harvest Pumpkin Cupcakes

Rich and spicy pumpkin cupcakes with orange cream cheese frosting!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 233 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• ¾ cup Mazola® Vegetable Plus! Oil
• ¼ cup Argo® OR Kingsford's® Corn Starch
• 4 teaspoons Spice Islands® Pumpkin Pie Spice
• 2 teaspoons Argo® Baking Powder
• 3 tablespoons butter OR margarine, softened
• 2 teaspoons Spice Islands® 100% Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract
• 1 ½ teaspoons freshly grated orange peel
• 4 cups powdered sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

To make cupcakes: Blend the eggs, oil, sugar, and pumpkin in a large mixing bowl; set aside. Stir together dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and beat until well blended. POUR into lined muffin tins. Fill about 2/3 full. Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven for 30 minutes or until center springs back when touched. Cool 30 minutes. Spread with frosting.

Step 2

To make frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add remaining ingredients and beat until smooth. Spread over cooled cupcakes.