Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes Recipe (2024)

4.43 from 7 votes

Prep: 30 minutes mins

Cook: 25 minutes mins

Cupcakes:

• ▢ 1 ⅛ cup all-purpose flour (or 1 cup and 2 Tbsp)
• ▢ ½ Tablespoon baking powder
• ▢ 1½ teaspoon pumpkin spice or ½ tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp nutmeg, ½ tsp ginger, and ⅛ tsp cloves.
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ ¼ cup unsalted butter room temperature
• ▢ ½ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
• ▢ 1 large egg room temperature
• ▢ ½ cup pumpkin puree
• ▢ 6 Tablespoons whole milk

Buttercream Frosting:

• ▢ 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• ▢ 4 cups confectioners sugar
• ▢ 3-5 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ orange gel food coloring
• ▢ green gel food coloring

Cupcakes:

• Preheat oven to 350℉ and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.

• In a large bowl, whisk to combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.

• Using a mixer, beat the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until creamy.

• Add the egg and mix until combined.

• Mix in the milk and pumpkin puree until combined

• Stir in the flour mixture until just combined. Do not over mix.

• Scoop batter into each cupcake cups, filling until about ⅔ of the way full.

• Bake for 22-26 minutes

• Remove from oven and set aside to cool while you prepare the frosting.

Frosting:

• Using a mixer, beat the butter until fluffy. Mix in the powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla, beating until combined.

• Transfer about ¼ cup of the frosting into a small bowl. Use green gel food coloring to color it green. Use orange gel food coloring on the remaining frosting.

• Scoop orange frosting into piping bag fitted with a large star tip and create an orange pumpkin in the center of the cupcake.

• Scoop green frosting into a piping bag fitted with a small star tip and add a stem in the middle of the pumpkin.

• Scoop green frosting into a piping bag fitted with a leaf tip and pipe leaves around the edge of the stem.

Notes