Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

What's a girl to do with pumpkins everywhere? Bake! This tasty treat idea comes to us from Heidi Ferguson. She's created yummy pumpkin spice cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting. To make them look extra special, she's created cupcake toppers using cupcake stamps from PSA Whimsy Cakes Peel & Stick stamps!

Make them at home with this recipe!

Ingredients, Cupcakes

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
  
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
  
• 1 cup white sugar
  
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
  
• 2 eggs, room temperature
  
• 3/4 cup milk
  
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
  
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• Ingredients
  , Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
  
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
  
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  
  
  
  Directions
  

1. Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners. Sift together the flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove, allspice, salt, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.
   
2. Beat 1/2 cup of butter, the white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Stir in the milk and pumpkin puree after the last egg. Stir in the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
   
3. Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
   
4. While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting by beating the cream cheese and 1/4 butter with an electric mixer in a bowl until smooth. Beat in the confectioners' sugar a little at a time until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; beat until fluffy. Once the cupcakes are cool, frost with the cream cheese icing. 

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