going to *bee* for Halloween???
Are you ready?? :o)
I am talking cupcakes here peeps. Get your minds out of the gutter. Here is a GOOD one for ya:
Pumpkin Bliss Cupcakes
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp., plus 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
3 cup sugar
1 15 oz. can pumpkin puree
4 large eggs 1 cup vegetable oil
¾ cup orange juice
Preheat oven to 350°. Line the muffin pans with liners or spray them with baking spray. Sift together the flour, spice, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, pumpkin and eggs, and whisk until smooth. Whisk in the oil and the orange juice until the batter is smooth. Add the flour-spice mix to the pumpkin mixture and fold together until well incorporated, but do not overmix. Bake 20–25 minutes. Frost with cream cheese frosting.
Creme Cheese Frosting
4 oz. unsalted butter at room temperature
8 oz. Philadelphia cream cheese at room temperature
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
5 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
Cream the butter and cream cheese together until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and beat. Add 1 cup of sifted powdered sugar at a time and continue to beat frosting for about 5 minutes.
Little Ms LOVED the frosting!!
And if you think she was jumping off the walls from all the sugar. Well.....
HAPPY BAKING!!!!