Autumn Spice Cupcakes!

What a cozy weekend! Last night I carved pumpkins and watched scary movies with my family and today I got to get sushi and make cupcakes with my lovely friend Lauren! The house was decorated for Fall and smelling like apple spice and pumpkins so I thought it appropriate for us to make warming spice cupcakes!


Thanks for your help and wonderful job on the buttercream rosettes, Lauren!! :)

Autumn Spice Cupcakes!

Ingredients:

1/4 cup                            Unsalted butter, room temp
1 cup                               Sugar
2                                      Eggs, room temp
1 and 1/3 cup                  All-purpose flour
1 tsp.                               Baking soda
1 tsp.                               Baking powder
1 tsp.                               Salt
1 tsp.                               Cinnamon
1 tsp.                               Ginger
1 tsp.                               Nutmeg
1 tsp.                               Pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup                           Milk



Pre-heat oven to 350. Line a standard muffin pan with cupcake liners. In a stand mixer with fitted paddle, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg together and add to butter mixture slowly on low speed. Add vanilla. Add milk slowly until fully incorporated. Scoop into cupcake liners (makes 12 cupcakes) and bake until done (toothpick comes out clean). Let cool.

Spiced Vanilla Buttercream

1/2 cup                            Unsalted butter, room temp
4-5 cups                          Powdered sugar
1 tsp.                               Pure vanilla extract
1 tsp.                               Cinnamon


In a stand mixer with fitted paddle, cream butter until lightened. Slowly add powdered sugar on low speed until fully incorporated. Beat in vanilla and cinnamon.