Pumpkin Cupcakes

Pumpkin cupcakes are a holiday treat made with flour, sugar, eggs, canned pumpkin and a variety of spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. One variation of the recipe is listed below.

Not only do pumpkin cupcakes have the flavor of the holiday season, they can be decorated to look like little pumpkins or Jack-O-Lanterns. Unlike other holiday cupcakes, which are usually made of white cake or chocolate cake mix, pumpkin cupcakes please the senses in two ways - they are a visual treat and a taste treat as well.

History of the Jack 'O Lantern

Pumpkin carving is popular for Halloween, and the face carved into the pumpkin is traditionally known as the Jack 'O Lantern. This term dates back several centuries when the Irish brought the Jack 'O Lantern to America.

"Stingy Jack" who was cursed by the devil, roamed the earth without a resting place, lighting his way as he went with his "Jack O'Lantern". It was originally a hollowed-out turnip, but was updated to a pumpkin, which was much easier to carve.http://www.pumpkinnook.com/facts/jack.htm

Decorating your pumpkin cupcakes to look like Jack O' Lanterns is one of the popular decorating ideas for these holiday treats.

Pumpkin Cupcake Decorating Ideas

Frost with vanilla icing or cream cheese icing and top with candy pumpkins.
Tint frosting orange, and use fruit roll ups to make a Jack-o'-lantern face.
Use a Jack O Lantern stencil to and sprinkle with confectioner's sugar
Use the orange frosting, then create a Jack-o'-lantern face with candy corn for eyes and nose. Use black or orange cake decorating gel to create the mouth and teeth.

How to Make Pumpkin Cupcakes

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A fun crafting project for the fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or autumn in general is a pumpkin cupcake. This video suggests vanilla cake mix, or for a more special cake, use spice cake mix, or a pumpkin mix as in the recipe provided below.

Frost the top of the cupcakes with a mound of orange frosting to create the round pumpkin shape. Then dip in orange decorating sugar. Indent “ribs” with toothpicks. Pipe lines with more frosting into the ribs. Decorate with green fruit chews for tendrils. Green Twizzlers cut into bits create the stem.