Pumpkin Cupcake with Pecan Crunch Cream Cheese Frosting
A light delicious cupcake paired with cream cheese and topped with a yummy brown sugar pumpkin spice pecan crunch
Servings 14 cupcakes
Ingredients
Pumpkin Cupcake
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups cake flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp pumpkin spice
- ¼ cup softened butter 4 tbsp
- 2 tbsp oil I used canola oil
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ½ tbsp milk
Pecan Crunch
Ingredients
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp softened unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp corn syrup
- 1 cup Pecan reduce if you want less Pecan
- 1 tsp pumpkin spice plus more for sprinkling
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 stick unsalted butter 4 oz (room temperature)
- 8 oz cream cheese cold
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pumpkin spice
Instructions
Directions for the Pumpkin Spice Cupcake
- Mix the cake flour, pumpkin spice, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl and set aside.
- Beat the softened butter until light and fluffy. Then add the oil and mix again. Add the granulated and brown sugar and mix until combined. Add eggs and beat, then pumpkin and milk, beat until smooth.
- Use a cookie cream scoop to fill the cupcake liners to about half way (approximately 2 scoops). Bake for 11-16 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Directions for the Brown Sugar Pecan Crunch
- Prepare a bowl or 8x8 pan lined with wax paper.
- Melt the butter, corn syrup, pumpkin spice and brown sugar until the sugar starts to bubble. Try not to step away from the stove during this time.
- Add the pecans to a bowl and pour the sugar mixture over the Pecans, then mix until all are fully coated.
- Place the pecan mixture in the 8x8 pan and flatten, sprinkle some pumpkin spice to the top and let it cool down.
Directions for the Cream Cheese Frosting
- Mix the butter until light and fluffy, add the powdered sugar one cup at a time until combined.
- Then add the heavy cream and vanilla and mix once more.
- Once combined add the cold cream cheese and mix, then add pumpkin spice.