Pumpkin Gingerbread Cupcakes
Ingredients:
3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable
4 eggs
2/3 cups water
1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin puree
2 tsp ground ginger or 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
Orange-colored sugar glaze (see recipe below)
18 cinnamon sticks
mint vines for garnish, if desired
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 12 bundt-style cupcake pan.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil and eggs. Beat until smooth. Add water and beat until well blended. Stir in pumpkin, ginger, allspice and cinnamon.
3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and blend just until they are incorporated.
4. Fill each cup 2/3 fill. Bake 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
5. Dip each cupcake in prepared sugar glaze (see recipe below). Cut each cinnamon stick in half and place in the center of each "pumpkin". Garnish with mint vines, if desired.
Makes 36 cupcakes
Sugar Glaze:
Ingredients:
5 lb powdered sugar
1 tbl milk
Orange food color
Directions:
Mix all ingredients until combined.
23 comments:
Thank you for posting that. They looked wonderful.And you are obliging and very clever as well!!
That sounds so yummy! I love pumpkin anything!! Thank you for sharing your recipe!!! I'm going to have to copy this down now!! LOL
Thank You, Thank You!!
So glad you read all your blogger buddy comments!!
YUM!!! How kind of you to share with us!!!! Thank you!
Mmm... I need to go make some pumpkin-y goodness soon!
Now that you're all famous, I guess that makes us your fan club!
Thanks for sharing this. It sounds divine!
I can smell these already! Oh yummy! And thanks so much for the sweet compliment on Kat's blog on Friday :)! You're a dear!
my taste buds have been teased long enough at just the mention of these!!!
Can't wait to try!
Those sound so good....
Thanks for sharing your recipe.
DARN IT......I want to make this NOW!!!
Happy Monday!
- Jennifer
I love pumpkin anything, gingerbread, so-so, but the combination sounds good to me.
I will try these and see how they turn out.
In the sugar glaze - 5 pounds of sugar and only 1 tablespoon of milk? Really?
I have a recipe that I am doing for Thanksgiving this year - a pumpkin gingerbread trifle. I wonder if I take pictures this year if I need to wait a year to post them :-)
Thanks for sharing!
My, oh My! These sound scrumptious!! Thank you for posting!
Oh yay Susie--I was hoping you would post that!!
Yum. Thanks for sharing, Susie.
OMG! I'm bookmarking that! I'm a sucker for anything pumpkin! :)
You're my hero, you are ahead of the game!
Gabrielle
YAAAYYY!!!! Thanks for posting this!!! I will definitely make these soon!! Thank you!!! You rock!!!
OH! these sound so delish!
Those sound great! Love the sugar glaze icing idea. Thanks for joining in the fun at Cupcake Tuesday!
~Liz
Great recipe!! Thanks for linking it up - glad you did!
Sounds delicious, did you win also.
Thanks for linking up to the pumpkin roundup!
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