Pumpkin Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

April 02, 2018

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This isn’t your average carrot cake recipe. It’s loaded with pumpkin, maple syrup, and pumpkin pie spice for the greatest flavor combination in history. And then I topped it with the most amazing frosting of all time…Pumpkin Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting – the cupcakes you need to make this Fall!

Cup cakes
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup butter ( softened )
2 eggs ( room temperature )
1 cup pure pumpkin puree ( not pumpkin pie filling )
1/2 cup maple syrup ( real maple syrup )
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup shredded carrot
Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
4 oz softened cream cheese
1/2 cup softened butter
2 Tbls maple syrup
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/8 tsp maple extract ( optional )
1 2/3 cups powdered sugar

Cupcakes Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin tin with cupcake liners. Cream brown sugar and butter together in mixer. Add in eggs, one a time, beating until fully combined. Mix in pumpkin and maple...
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Nutritions

Calories
356

Sodium
222mg
9% DV

Fat
13g
20% DV

Protein
3g
7% DV

Carbs
58g
19% DV

Fiber
1g
7% DV

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