| Recipe | Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

I love a good cupcake! Honestly, I think it is the perfect dessert, because I love the versatility -- you can create almost any kind of flavor combinations possible. And to me, no celebration is complete with out a cupcake. They remind me of birthdays too, which is perfect for today, because today is my birthday!

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

cake ingredients
2 sticks butter, softened
1 1/2 sugar
4 eggs
1 can pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
 
frosting ingredients
8 ounces cream cheese
1/2 stick butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

directions
1. Beat butter and sugar together using a hand mixer (or stand mixer with beater blade attached), until fluffy. Add eggs, pumpkin and vanilla.
2. Sift together flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. Stir dry mixture into wet mixture until blended.
4. Bake in 18 lined muffins cups for 25 minutes.
5. While the muffins bake beat together the cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar and vanilla.
6. After the muffins have cooled spread them with frosting. Enjoy!!