Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
I am so excited to share today’s post. I have been working on so many fun recipes for Fall, and these were delicious AND fun to make! This recipe is for my Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting! So many yummy Fall flavors in one little cupcake, plus I’ve topped them with cute little mallowcreme pumpkins!
These cupcakes are moist, and the icing isn’t too sweet, it’s perfect!
Here’s how to make them-
Ingredients:
One box of your favorite yellow cake mix, plus ingredients on the back of the box
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 can pumpkin puree
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine ingredients from the back of the yellow cake mix box, minus any water. Add pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, and pumpkin puree (instead of water).
Mix well with your mixer on medium speed for 2-3 minutes.
Place cupcake liners into a muffin tin. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full.
Bake 15-17 minutes.
Be sure to let your cupcakes cool before you frost them! These cupcakes were so simple, throwing everything into the bowl and mixing them up, the yellow cake mix really makes this recipe fool proof.
Next, you’ll want to whip up this Maple Cream Cheese Frosting. Here’s what you’ll need-
Ingredients:
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
4 tbsp. pure maple syrup
1/2 tsp. vanilla
To make it, beat the butter with your mixer, until smooth. Add cream cheese, beat until combined. Add powdered sugar, syrup, and vanilla, beat until smooth. Be careful not to over mix.
Finally, top with a mallowcreme pumpkin candy.
These pumpkin cupcakes are seriously amazing, I have never had cupcakes this soft. I know that the pumpkin puree really made these work. I think they are definitely going to be on my list to bring for Thanksgiving dinner! I bet they would also be fun for a Halloween party, too, or maybe for a fun snack after the Pumpkin Patch!
Check below for a printable version of this recipe!
You might also like these other pumpkin recipes-
Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Delicious pumpkin cupcakes topped with a maple cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
- One box of your favorite yellow cake mix, plus ingredients on the back of the box
- 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 can pumpkin puree
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
- 4 tbsp. pure maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
- Combine ingredients from the back of the yellow cake mix box, minus any water.
- Add pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, and pumpkin puree (instead of water).
- Mix well with your mixer on medium speed for 2-3 minutes.
- Place cupcake liners into a muffin tin. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full.
- Bake 15-17 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, beat the butter with your mixer, until smooth.
- Add cream cheese, beat until combined.
- Add powdered sugar, syrup, and vanilla, beat until smooth. Be careful not to over mix.
- Allow cupcakes to cool completely, then frost.
- Top with a mallowcreme pumpkin.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
18Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 249
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.
These are so cute especially with the pumpkin candy on top! I’ll have to make these for the kids because Im sure they will enjoy them!
My husband would love the maple cream cheese icing! I have never made it but I might have to try! These look so good!
This season has me excited for everything pumpkin! That looks really good and I love that frosting as well. I’m totally keeping the recipe!
I love pumpkin spice.. I am totally drooling over these. I love the simplicity of dressing up an ordinary cake mix!
I love pumpkin spice everything! These cupcakes look like they would be so good, and the frosting sounds like a wonderful way to top them off!
Pumpkin season is here, and I’m so happy! Pumpkin and maple pair perfectly together, and these are some adorable cupcakes!
Beautiful cupcakes, great for parties for the entire fall season. Would be perfect for Halloween parties for the kids.
Those little pumpkin candies on top were one of my favorite treats from childhood. These cupcakes look amazing and are pretty easy to make. A great way to get in the mood for Halloween!
I love this simple but delicious recipe. I am always looking for these delicious recipes. I love the way you used those cute candy pumpkins.
These cupcakes look so decadent and delicious. I could just imagine that the frosting was the best part because it looks so creamy.
These pumpkin cupcakes with maple cream cheese frosting must be a favorite at any fall party! I’m sure they are a ids favorite, as well!
I don’t know how but I have never had a pumpkin cupcake. These sound like they would be amazing.
We love everything pumpkin around here. I think that these would be a major hit.
They look awesome! I am currently on holidays but I will try making them when I am home. I LOVE cupcakes and pumpkin is the best ingredient around Halloween!
Yum, these cupcakes look so yummy, and so cute too! I would definitely like to make them for a Halloween party.
Not only do these cupcakes look super cute, but they also look insanely delicious. I’m totally on the pumpkin spice bandwagon. I can’t get enough of the warm, rich flavor.
I need to make this asap. They look so yummy. I love the idea of maple cream cheese frosting. It’s the perfect complement to the pumpkin cupcake.