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Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

Quick and easy chocolate and pumpkin spice cupcakes.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 cupcakes

Equipment

  • 1 12 cup cupcake pan
  • cupcake liners

Ingredients
  

  • 1⅓ cups all purpose flour (160g)
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. pumpkin spice
  • 6 tbsp. cocoa powder
  • 8 tbsp. unsalted butter (112g)
  • 1 cup sugar (200g)
  • 8 ounces pumpkin puree (220g)
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs, at room

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line the cupcake pan with the cupcake liners.
  • Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, pumpkin spice, and cocoa powder into a small bowl. Set aside.
  • In a three quart saucepan, melt the butter on low heat. Remove from the heat, and add the sugar, pumpkin, vanilla, and eggs.
  • Stir in the dry ingredients, just until combined. Fill the cups of the pan with the batter and bake for 20 minutes or until the cakes bounce back when pressed. Cool 5 minutes in the pan on a rack, and then remove from the pan to the rack to finish cooling. Top with frosting.
Keyword cake, fall desserts, fall recipes
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