Pumpkin CUPCAKES!

Contributer: Katie Avra

You'll want to stay in this weekend and make these wonderful pumpkin treats!

You’ll need:

·         24 cupcake wrappers, 2 cupcake pans

·         1, 18 ½ oz. box of yellow cake mix (plus the ingredients called for in the package directions)

·         1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

·         1, 15 oz. of canned pumpkin puree

·         2, 8 oz. bars cream cheese, at room temperature

·         2 cups confectioners’ sugar

·         24 pieces candy corn

To enjoy:

·         Heat the oven to 350° F.

·         Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners.

·         Prepare the cake mix as directed but with the following change: Add the pumpkin pie spice and substitute the can of pumpkin puree for the water called for in the package directions.

·         Divide the batter among the prepared muffin tins.

·         Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes.

·         Let cool.

·         Use an electric mixer; beat the cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar until creamy.

·         Spread on the cupcakes and top each with a piece of candy corn.

Adapted from: www.realsimple.com