PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CREAM FILLING

Name: PUMPKIN CUPCAKES WITH CREAM FILLING
Total time: 2100 s
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup milk; 1 tsp vanilla; 1/2 cup shortening; 1/4 cup softened butter; 1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch; 2 cup powdered sugar; 20 whole cloves...optional, for little stems on top of muffins; 2 cup all purpose flour; 2 cup sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp all spice; 1/2 tsp nutmeg; 4 eggs; 3/4 cup vegetable oil; 1 (15 oz) can pumpkin

potsnpans1 @cook_3737315

nice pumpkin spice flavour (~~)

potsnpans1 @cook_3737315

nice pumpkin spice flavour (~~)

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Ingredients

35 mins

20 servings

FILLING
1 cupmilk
1 tspvanilla
1/2 cupshortening
1/4 cupsoftened butter
1 1/2 tbspcornstarch
2 cuppowdered sugar
20whole cloves...optional, for little stems on top of muffins
MUFFIN
2 cupall purpose flour
2 cupsugar
1 tspbaking powder
2 tspbaking soda
1 tspsalt
1 tspcinnamon
1/2 tspall spice
1/2 tspnutmeg
4eggs
3/4 cupvegetable oil
1(15 oz) can pumpkin

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Steps

35 mins

1

***FOR FILLING***
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in a small saucepan, combine cornstarch and milk, bring to a boil over medium heat stirring constantly, remove from heat, cool to room temperature
3

in a large bowl cream shortening, powdered sugar, and butter until light and fluffy about 4 minutes, add vanilla, gradually add cornstarch mixture beat until smooth
4

***FOR CUPCAKES***
5

preheat oven 350°F and line muffin pan with paper liners
6

in a bowl mix together...flour, baking powder and soda, salt, and spices
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in a large bowl beat sugar and eggs 2minutes until light and creamy, add oil and pumpkin beating another 2 minutes until well blended
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gradually beat flour mixture into pumpkin mixture blend well
9

fill muffin cups and bake 18 - 22 min or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean cool cupcakes completely
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***ASSEMBLE***
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with the point of a paring knife cut circles about 1" deep out of the tops of each cupcake
12

put filling into a zip lock bag, cut a small piece of the corner off, pipe filling into each cupcake, replace tops and add a clove for a cute little 'pumpkin stem'