Spice Cupcakes with Cream cheese frosting! Fall Crawl Day 7 Featuring MEEEEE!

Hello and happy fall to you all! 

Welcome to day 7 of the Fall Crawl.

As you may know, I love fall and I love cupcakes so.... Of course

I'm going to share a delicious home made cupcake recipe with you!

ENJOY!

Spice Cupcakes with 

Cream Cheese Frosting

Nom, nom, nom!!!

What you'll need:

CUPCAKES:

3/4 cup butter

1+1/3 cups of sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

3 cups Presto ( cake flour)

1 cup milk

1 tbsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1tsp ginger

FROSTING:

1/4 cup butter

8oz package cream cheese

2 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

CUPCAKE TOPPER:

Mini Nilla Wafers

Hershey's Kisses

frosting

Baking cocoa (powdered)

SUPPLIES:

Mixer

Bowl

Cupcake liners

Cupcake pans

1/4 cup (for adding batter to liners)

Oven (LOL, Duh)

THIS RECIPE MAKES 24 CUPCAKES

Instructions:

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees

-Cream butter and gradually add sugar.
-Add egg yolks. One at a time. (Beat well after each egg has been added)

-Add vanilla extract to milk

-  Slowly add Presto cake flour and milk/vanilla combo. 

  Alternate between adding the two to bowl. Mix well.

-Add cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.

-Mix well.

-Line your cupcake pan with liners. Use 1/4 cup measuring spoon to fill each liner with batter.

-Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown on edges.

 ( Do not overcook! No one likes a burnt cupcake!)

-While your cupcakes are baking, make your frosting and assemble the candy acorn toppers.

-FOR FROSTING

-Blend butter and cream cheese well

-Add 1 tsp of vanilla extract

-slowly add your powdered sugar and mix until fluffy

-FOR ACORNS

-To assemble simply add a dab of frosting to the flat side of your vanilla wafer and press flat side of Hershey's kiss to attach. Add a dab of frosting to top of wafer and sprinkle with chocolate.

-Remove cupcakes from oven and cool.
( Please make sure you cool your cupcakes! Otherwise, your frosting will look a hot mess!)

- Frost cupcakes with as much frosting as your heart desires!
  ( Just make sure there is enough to go around)
-Sprinkle with chocolate.

-Add your acorn toppers and you have your fall spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!

Once again, HAPPY FALL. I hope you enjoy your cupcakes! 

That's my 2 cents!

-Kimba

p.s. Tomorrow, we will be stopping by Chez Mukweto. Make sure you stop in and check out what fall awesomeness Jacqueline has to offer!