Pumpkin Cupcakes with fondant pumpkins

[hardboiledblond]

Comments

[helloxlinda]

Looks divine! And the pumpkins are adorable :) Kudos to your husband for being so helpful, too!

[hardboiledblond]

thank you.

And yeah, he's o.k. I think I'll let him stick around. :)

[goodbyetoyou]

those sound good and look amazing... and i love them even more for the fact you made the pumpkins by hand!

[hardboiledblond]

thank you!

[littleminx]

Those are spectacular. The frosting looks amazing, i want to lick the screen. And the pumpkins! So cute!!

[hardboiledblond]

Thanks alot!

[hosoverpsychos]

Those look great. Do you mind sharing the recipe for the cupcakes and frosting?

[hardboiledblond]

Thanks, and sure no problem.

I loosely followed this recipe for the cupcakes

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pumpkin-Chip-Cupcakes/Detail.aspx

I didn't add nuts or chocolate chips.
I used all AP flour
I added WAY more spice. probably 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp fresh nutmeg, 1/2 tsp ginger, 1/4 tsp cloves, and a few shakes of allspice.

Also this recipe isn't sweet enough. You need to add either more honey, (1/2 cup is good) or use sugar. You can also sub all sugar for the honey.

For the frosting I used 1 container cream cheese(8 oz), softened, and 1 stick of butter softened, alot of powdered sugar, maybe 5 cups? enough to get to the consistency you like. A few pinches of salt, and pure maple syrup (about 1/4 cup) and 2 tsp(or to taste) maple extract, or maple flavoring . Beat it all in a kitchenaid, or with a hand mixer.

[magaggies]

I had already made the cupcakes so wasn't able to use that recipe, but I did use your maple cream cheese recipe and added a dash of cinnamon also, since it was SO sweet with all of that sugar and syrup. It's wonderful, thanks!

[shiningstar55]

So pretty I saved the picture:)