Pumpkin cupcakes

[shannonknits]

Since it's just starting into Fall (my very favorite season), I've been getting the hankering for Fall food. So this weekend,  I decided to make pumpkin cupcakes. The thing is, the recipe calls for canned pumpkin, but specifically states that canned pumpkin pie filling will not work. I knew I had seen a can of what I thought was canned pumpkin the

Comments

[tailchaser]

oooo they look and sound tasty.

can you post the recipe?

[shannonknits]

Unfortunately no, since the recipe came from a book rather than online. But should you ever check out the book "Cupcakes!" by Elinor Klivans, it's in there (along with a ton of other really good recipes!).

[tailchaser]

cool.
thanks

[spaz_manda]

those look so fun and tasty and autumn-y. :)

[jennyraven]

wow they look cool. what does pumpkin taste like? we dont really eat it over here in the uk but i've always been curious!

[cwjennifer]

Pumpkin tastes like squash. We usually mix it with cinnamon and nutmeg and make pie (or cupcakes, in this case!).

[shannonknits]

Hmmmmm, when I think of pumpkin, all I can think of is cinnamon and cloves! I can't even think of what pumpkin by itself tastes like, I'm so used to having it with pie spices.

[onesnap]

wow...cute! I love fall and pumpkin.

Re: Frosting

[shannonknits]

It's actually pretty easy: You frost it like normal with plain cream cheese frosting, then take the remaining frosting (you need at least 1/4 of a cup) and tint it somehow; the recipe I used suggested cinnamon, but I don't think it really tinted it dark enough. Then, using a pastry bag or a ziplock baggie with the corner snipped off, pipe a dot in the center of a cupcake, and two to three circles around it (like a bull's-eye). Then, take a toothpick and drag it from the center dot out to the side of the cupcake, and repeat all around the cupcake. On a few of mine you can see I went down too deep, but if you just barely drag the toothpick, it makes perfect little webs!

Re: Frosting

[anonymous]

Awesome! Can't wait to try it!