Pumpkin Cupcakes
Servings 22 cupcakes
These Pumpkin Cupcakes are made with a doctored-up cake mix, a 3-ingredient whipped frosting, and then dusted with sprinkles and pumpkin pie spice!
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 1 box spice cake mix unprepared
- 1 (3.5oz.) box instant pumpkin spice pudding mix unprepared
- 1 cup 100% pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup whole milk
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
Frosting:
- 2 cups heavy cream
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup instant cheesecake pudding mix dry
- Sprinkles optional topping
- Pumpkin pie spice optional topping
Instructions
Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 375°F and line cupcake pan with liners.
- Combine all cupcake ingredients in a large bowl or stand mixer and beat until combined.
- Add about 3 tablespoons of batter to each liner. I like to use two scoops from a medium cookie scoop.
- Reduce heat to 350°F.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes until a toothpick comes clean from the center.
- Let them sit in the pan for a couple of minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Frosting:
- Whip heavy cream, powdered sugar, and pudding mix, until thick and fluffy. Be careful not to overmix.
- Pipe onto cooled cupcakes and dust with sprinkles and/or pumpkin pie spice.
Notes
- If you can't find the pumpkin spice pudding mix, sub in vanilla pudding mix and add an additional teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.
- You can easily change the flavor of the frosting by using a different flavor of pudding, just make sure to use instant pudding.
- You can add up to 1 cup of mini chocolate chips to the batter to make pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes.
- This recipe was originally published with a Kahlua frosting, to make that simply add 2 ounces of Kahlua to the frosting before beating.
Nutrition
Calories: 191kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 164mg | Potassium: 127mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1929IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 1mg
Find it online: www.sugarandsoul.co/pumpkin-cupcakes/