Use this rich and decadent Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cupcake Recipe to transform your unused Pumpkin Puree into an amazing Fall temptation!
Following is a Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cupcake Recipe and guest post by Carly
She’s as sweet as can be ~ enjoy the recipe and getting to know her!!
Instead of the song “What do you do with a drunken sailor?” my house has been filled with the tune “What do you do with a pumpkin puree?” But really. I sang that.
If you’ve been reading my jibberish for a while now, you know I’ve got a thing for cupcakes. If you’re new, Hi, I’m Carly. I love cupcakes. I love cupcakes with peanut butter and banana, cupcakes with treats inside, cupcakes filled with mousse, and cupcakes for holidays.
So naturally, just as it is in my nature to say folks and turn Irish drinking songs into songs about pumpkins, it is also in my nature to answer the question of pumpkin puree with a delicious cupcake.
What do you do with a pumpkin puree?
What do you do with a pumpkin puree?
What do you do with a pumpkin puree?
Put it in a cuuuup-caaake!
(For bonus points, sing along if you know the tune. Send me a video and I’ll love you forever).
But really…
This just might be the juggernaut of cupcake recipes. It… completes… me. I was just a girl, standing in front of a pumpkin, asking it to love me… Do you get what I’m saying?
So any time I manage to make a substitution for oil, eggs, or butter in a dessert, it’s a happy day for me. Pumpkin puree, which has a similar consistency to applesauce, is actually the perfect ingredient to substitute in baking.
The end result is an incredibly moist cupcake that has the fiber and health of pumpkin instead of the fat and calories of oil. With such a healthy cupcake, this recipe allows for a slight splurge on the frosting.
For a lighter cupcake, go easy on the frosting. For a decadent treat, lay it on!
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cupcake Recipe
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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cupcake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Pumpkin Puree
- 1/2 cup Walnuts
- 1 1/2 cups All-purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cloves
- 2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons Butter
- 8 ounces Cream cheese low fat
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 pinch Salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake molds with paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, ground cloves, ground cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice (if you are substituting boxed cake mix, begin with 1 box of yellow cake mix and spices).
- Add pumpkin puree. Depending on the consistency of your pumpkin puree, you may need to add anywhere from 1 to 1 1/2 cups of pumpkin puree. If your puree is fairly watered down, go with slightly less. If you've drained your puree and it is fairly thick, go with more.
- Beat in vanilla extract.
- Place in cupcake papers and bake for 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean, then set aside to cool.
- In a clean bowl, combine cream cheese and powdered sugar. Add butter and mix well, using an electric mixer, for 3-5 minutes. You will likely need to repeatedly scrape the sides of the bowl during this process.
- Once the cupcakes are completely cooled, spoon the frosting into a piping bag and frost cupcakes.
- Garnish with walnuts and serve.
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So… let’s hear it ~ have you tried making this Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cupcake Recipe yet?
Leave a comment & share!
Rebecca L. says
I just finished making these. I also used canned pumpkin puree and found the cupcake batter to be very thick. I added some milk, but after baking them they were rock hard. My frosting then turned out very runny. Lol. Overall this recipe was a total bust for me. Does this recipe only work with fresh pumpkin?
Heidi says
Hi Rebecca ~ uh-oh… yes, you’ll want to use the pumpkin puree recipe found here:
http://www.createliveblog.com/2011/09/pumpkin-puree.html
~ Heidi 😉
Tee Chin says
I’ve been looking for a recipe, for pumpkin creamcheese bars that I made last Thanksgiving. thanks for posting this!
Bethany says
I love that song therefore I must make these cupcakes. Anyone who can combine pumkin puree and Irish drinking songs is top motch in my book 😉
Bethany says
*notch
Having flashbacks to my drunken Irish days!
Kris says
This sounds awesome!I just ran to my cupboard to see if i have pumkin puree…i do!!!!!I will make this a later today, txs!Perfect fall reicpe, plus i love making guilt free treats!!!