Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

All the delicious taste of fall in one cupcake!

Fall is here and with fall comes all things pumpkin spice!  These pumpkin spice cupcakes are filled with all the delicious spices you use when making a pumpkin pie.

The same spices are used in the buttercream frosting too!

There isn’t any pumpkin in these cupcakes, just all the lovely spices that you traditionally use in pumpkin pie.

For these cupcakes and the frosting, I’ve added cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. You could also use a premixed pumpkin pie spice if that’s what you had on hand.

The cupcakes and buttercream area a perfect match made in heaven. But if you wanted something a bit different, you could always use my regular buttercream recipe without any of the pumpkin spice. It’s always good to have a few options!

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Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

Prep Time

40 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Cooling

20 mins

Total Time

55 mins

 

Fall spices in a delicious cupcake

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: fall cupcakes, pumpkin spice buttercream, pumpkin spice cupcakes

Servings: 12 cupcakes

Calories: 286 kcal

Author: Kathy

Ingredients

Cupcakes

• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs

Buttercream

• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• pinch ground cloves
• pinch ground nutmeg
• 1-2 Tablespoons milk

Instructions

Cupcakes

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, spices, baking powder and salt.  Mix together.

2. In a different bowl, combine oil, milk, vanilla and eggs.

3. Add wet ingredients into dry ingredients.  Stir until incorporated.

4. Divide batter into 12 muffin tins lined with paper liners.

5. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.

6. Cool on a baking rack.

Buttercream

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter until smooth.  Add spices and beat.

2. Add powdered sugar and vanilla  and beat on low speed.

3. Add milk one tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. 

4. Frost cupcakes and serve

Recipe Notes

A pinch is about 1/16 of a teaspoon. 

Nutrition Facts

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 286 Calories from Fat 117

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 13g 20%

Saturated Fat 5g 25%

Cholesterol 48mg 16%

Sodium 181mg 8%

Potassium 104mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 39g 13%

Sugars 28g

Protein 2g 4%

Vitamin A 5.8%

Calcium 5%

Iron 4.5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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