Pumpkin Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Original recipe found here

Here is my first fall baking experience!  I love baking with pumpkin.  These cupcakes are amazing.  The cupcake and frosting really balance each other out.  Feel free to use whatever frosting you want.  I wanted to try something new.  Thank you to my husband for the cupcake papers and toppers.

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sift before measuring

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 1/3 cups sugar

2 eggs, beaten until frothy

1 cup mashed cooked or canned pumpkin

3/4 cup milk

3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg into a bowl. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in eggs. Blend in mashed pumpkin. Stir in the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk, blending until batter is smooth after each addition; stir in chopped walnuts or pecans. Spoon batter into well-greased and floured or paper-lined muffin pan cups. Fill about 2/3 full. Bake at 375° for 25 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

lOriginal recipe found here.

 These cupcakes are excellent!  Please feel free you use any frosting, I thought chocolate sounded good with it.

Ingredients:
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/8 cups canola oil
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 ripe bananas, mashed
1 1/2 cups milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard sized muffin pan with muffin liners or spray with cooking spray. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients. Mix until just blended.Fill muffin cups a little more than 3/4 full. Bake for about 20 - 24 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool completely.

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting recipe can be found here.


*karisa*