Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
Delicious and extra moist chocolate chip pumpkin cupcakes with fresh vanilla cream cheese frosting topped with cinnamon sugar and caramel drizzle.
Equipment
- high powered mixer
Ingredients
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ¾ cup whole milk – room temperature
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs – room temperature
- 2 tablespoons butter – melted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
- Line cupcake pan(s) with cupcake liners- Set aside. Pre-heat oven to 350°.
- In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients - flour, brown sugar, white sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger powder, nutmeg, cardamon and salt. Mix well-Set aside.
- In a separate bowl combine all wet ingredients - pumpkin puree, milk, vegetable oil, melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract.
- Add the wet ingredients and chocolate chips to the dry ingredients. Lightly fold together, mixing as little as possible but making sure that batter is created.
- Fill cupcake liners half way.
- Bake cupcakes for 20-22 minutes. Make sure you check at 20 minutes, if toothpick comes out clean, they are baked.
- Let cool completely before frosting.
Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
- Place heavy whipping cream and vanilla extract into a high powered mixer and mix on high until whipped cream is formed. Transfer into a bowl.
- Place cream cheese and powdered sugar into a high powered mixer and mix until smooth. Hint- cover the mixer to avoid the sugar from getting all over the place.
- Once the cream cheese and sugar are well blended add the whipping cream to the cream cheese and continue to mix until fully combined. Scrape sides, if necessary. Place in the refrigerator.
Notes
Optional - Dust with cinnamon sugar and drizzle with caramel sauce.