Description
Delicious pumpkin spice cupcakes with a spooky ghost decoration, perfect for Halloween.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp pumpkin spice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk (for frosting)
- Black icing (for decoration)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and salt in a bowl.
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then mix in pumpkin puree, milk, and vanilla.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, mixing until combined.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Let cool.
- Mix powdered sugar and milk to make frosting. Pipe ghost shapes on cupcakes.
- Use black icing to add eyes and mouth to each ghost.
Notes
- Use fresh pumpkin puree for best flavor.
- Let cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
- Adjust frosting consistency with more milk or sugar if needed.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
