Pumpkin Pepitas Cupcakes

Name: Pumpkin Pepitas Cupcakes
Prep time: 2 h 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 237 milliliters brown sugar; 2 Tbsps butter; 227 grams butter; 340 grams cream cheese; 2 Tbsps crystallized ginger; 4 eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 24 servings Shimmery blue and chocolate jimmies, for sprinkling; 2 teaspoons light brown sugar; 158 milliliters pecans, chopped; 946 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice; 79 milliliters pumpkin puree; 454 grams pumpkin puree; 118 milliliters raw pepitas; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons salt

Pumpkin Pepitas Cupcakes might be just the American recipe you are searching for. One serving contains 464 calories, 4g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. A mixture of baking powder, pumpkin puree, crystallized ginger, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Instructions

For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Use a 24 socket cupcake pan and line with paper liners. Set the pan aside.

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Cupcakes

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Muffin Tray

Oven

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

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Pumpkin Pie Spice

Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

In a large bowl of an electric stand mixer using a paddle attachment, combine the butter and both sugars, mixing until blended.

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Butter

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add the eggs and beat on low speed until all the ingredients are smooth and blended.

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Egg

Decrease the speed of the mixer to slow and add half of the dry ingredients.

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Blender

Mix for 1 minute, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally.

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Bowl

Add the pumpkin puree to the batter, beating for 30 seconds, and then add the rest of the dry ingredients. Divide the batter evenly into the prepared cupcake liners and bake on the center rack until a cake tester inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes.

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Canned Pumpkin

Cupcakes

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Muffin Liners

Oven

Remove from the pans and cool the cakes completely on wire racks, about 30 minutes.

Mix together the cream cheese and butter with the powdered sugar using a paddle attachment in an electric mixer. Once thoroughly combined, add the cinnamon and nutmeg. Once creamed together well, slowly add the pumpkin puree. Continue to mix until evenly distributed and fluffy.

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Powdered Sugar

Canned Pumpkin

Cream Cheese

Cinnamon

Butter

Nutmeg

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Hand Mixer

For the crunch topping: Melt the butter over medium heat in a small saucepan.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Add the pecans and pepitas and continue to cook until the pepitas pop and are toasted.

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Pumpkin Seeds

Pecans

Pop

Sprinkle the brown sugar and salt over the topping and continue to cook until glazed.

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Brown Sugar

Salt

Add the ginger and toss until even.

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Ginger

To assemble: Using a round tip and pastry bag, ice each cupcake with a thin layer of the pumpkin cream cheese.

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Cream Cheese

Cupcakes

Pumpkin

Ice

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Pastry Bag

Roll into the pepita mixture, and ice with more of the pumpkin cream cheese, creating a swirl on top. Use shimmery blue and chocolate jimmies as a roll-in topping, and garnish with 3 blue men heads on top.

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Cream Cheese

Chocolate