Harvest Pumpkin Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Cupcakes:
    4 eggs, slightly beaten
    3/4 cup Mazola(R) Vegetable Plus! Oil
    2 cups sugar
    1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
    1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1/4 cup Argo(R) OR Kingsford's(R) Corn Starch
    4 teaspoons Spice Islands(R) Pumpkin Pie Spice
    2 teaspoons Argo(R) Baking Powder
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    3/4 teaspoon salt
    Frosting:
    1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
    3 tablespoons butter OR margarine, softened
    1 tablespoon orange juice
    2 teaspoons Spice Islands(R) 100% Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract
    1 1/2 teaspoons freshly grated orange peel
    4 cups powdered sugar
Preparation
    To make cupcakes: Blend the eggs, oil, sugar, and pumpkin in a large mixing bowl; set aside. Stir together dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and beat until well blended. POUR into lined muffin tins. Fill about 2/3 full. Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven for 30 minutes or until center springs back when touched. Cool 30 minutes. Spread with frosting.
    To make frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add remaining ingredients and beat until smooth. Spread over cooled cupcakes.

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