sweet pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• cupcakes:
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 1 (16 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• cream cheese frosting:
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 35 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease or line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• beat cake mix, eggs, water, and canola oil together in a bowl using a hand mixer on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. add pumpkin and beat until batter is smooth; pour into prepared muffin cups.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. place cupcakes on a wire rack to cool completely.
• beat cream cheese and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth; add vanilla extract and beat until smooth. beat confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, into cream cheese mixture until frosting is smooth and creamy. refrigerate frosting until chilled, at least 30 minutes.
• spread frosting cupcakes and refrigerate frosted cupcakes until chilled, at least 1 hour.