Pumpkin Cupcakes

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 250 g cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup icing sugar
• orange sprinkles (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, sift and whisk flour,sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt. set a side.
• 2 in separate bowl, whisk eggs, blend in pumpkin, buttermilk and oil.
• 3 pour over dry ingredients stir until just moistened.
• 4 spoon into large paper-lined muffins cups or spray with pam. filling to top.
• 5 bake at 375 oven 18-22 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• 6 let cool on rack.
• 7 icing:.
• 8 in bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla, beat in sugar until smooth. spread on cupcakes. decorate with sprinkles or a butterscotch chip on top.
• 9 varitation to this is to add a handful of butterscotch baking chips into the mix just before baking.