Connect's Pumpkin Cupcakes

Ghoulishly Good Pumpkin Cupcakes

Get creative this Halloween with our ghoulishly good pumpkin cupcakes. They are moist, easy to make, perfectly pumpkin spiced, and finished with a tangy cream cheese frosting – a perfect spooky treat to sink your teeth into!

Ingredients

Cupcake Ingredients

175ml sunflower oil

175g light muscovado sugar

3 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

200g coarsely grated pumpkin

100g sultanas

1 orange, zested

2 tsp ground cinnamon

200g self raising flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Frosting Ingredients

200g tub full fat cream cheese

85g icing sugar

Decoration Ingredients

Halloween toppers of your choice

Heat Oven to 180°C/160ºC fan/ gas 4

Makes 12

Method

Line a 12 hole muffin tray with paper cases. Pour the oil into a large bowl and add the sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat together, then add the grated pumpkin, sultanas and orange zest.

Stir in the cinnamon, flour and bicarbonate of soda, the mixture will be quite wet. Spoon into the paper cases and bake for 25 minutes until firm and springy to the touch and a skewer inserted in the centre of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.

To make the frosting, beat the cream cheese and icing sugar together until smooth then spread or pipe on top of the cupcakes.

Decorate with the spooky toppers of your choice - we chose pumpkins and bats for Halloween of course! Store in the fridge but return to room temperature to serve for the best flavour and texture.

Enjoy!

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