Pumpkin Bliss Cupcakes
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 34 cup orange juice
- 4 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 8 ounces Philadelphia Cream Cheese, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon pure madagascar bourbon vanilla (we use and recommend Nielsen-Massey)
- 5 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
- 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 2025 minutes.
- Frost with cream cheese frosting.
- 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.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pumpkin-bliss-cupcakes-369317 (may not work)