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Caramel Pumpkin Cupcakes With Caramel Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

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I love fall. I love everything about fall. I love the end to the blazing hot summer here in Phoenix, I love heading into the holiday season and I LOVE fall baking. Pumpkin, caramel, apples, cinnamon, pies, I love them all, and I try to mix, match and make them in as many ways as I can. These Caramel Pumpkin Cupcakes With Caramel Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting are a perfect example of that. Unfortunately we don’t have many traditional fall activities here in the desert such as apple or pumpkin picking, but we do certainly enjoy working those flavors into our menu to try and get a taste of fall.

Caramel Pumpkin Cupcakes

Pumpkin is one of my favorite things to bake with year round, and I have found it to be a fabulous asset in the kitchen, even making a great replacement for butter or oil in many muffin and cookie recipes. The only thing better than pumpkin in my opinion is pumpkin combined with caramel. It’s a dreamy combination that I adore!

Caramel Pumpkin Cupcakes

Last fall I made a pumpkin cake for my family and at the last minute poked some holes in it and poured on a little caramel ice cream topping before frosting the cake. My daughter is still, years later, talking about this cake. I thought it would be fun to make pumpkin cupcakes into poke cupcakes and add caramel to them, the same way that I did with the cake. It is so simple, after following the directions to make your cupcakes; you simply poke some holes into the top of your cupcakes (I used a straw for mine) and spoon on a bit of caramel sauce while they are still warm. The caramel sort of soaks through the cake giving it a nice hint of caramel flavor. If you are up to it, I highly recommend making your own caramel sauce. It’s simple and ridiculously delicious.

Homemade Caramel Sauce

Not one to stop at adding caramel to just one part of the recipe, I decided that the frosting needed some caramel as well, so Caramel Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting it is! It is incredible. My husband has taste tested quite a few cupcakes in his day, and these were proclaimed to be one of the best cupcakes ever.

Once the cupcakes had cooled completely, I frosted them and added another small drizzle of caramel to the tops. You can easily skip this part, but it certainly makes for a lovely presentation. I also added a tiny topping of sea salt, because the only thing better than caramel is salted caramel. These can be a bit messy due to the caramel, so you may want to add the cupcakes to a second cupcake liner after removing from the cupcake pan.

Caramel Pumpkin Cupcakes

Caramel Pumpkin Cupcakes With Caramel Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

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Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 1 pkg. 2-layer size spice cake mix
  • 1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
  • 1 can 15 oz. pumpkin
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping sauce

Frosting

  • 1 pkg. 8 oz. PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 1/2 - 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1-1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping sauce
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions

  • HEAT oven to 350ºF.
  • BEAT first 5 ingredients with mixer until blended; spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
  • BAKE 20 to 22 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
  • Cool in pan for 2-3 minutes then using a straw or knife, poke 3-4 holes in the top of each cupcake. Drizzle a small amount of caramel sauce over the top of each cupcake, allowing it to sink into the poked holes.
  • Cool in pans 10 min.; remove from pans. Cool completely.
  • BEAT cream cheese, butter, caramel and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gradually beat in sugar. Blend in cinnamon and salt. Spread over cupcakes. Optional, garnish with a drizzle of caramel sauce and pinch of sea salt.
  • STORE cupcakes in refrigerator.

Nutrition

Serving: 0g
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Originally posted on September 6th, 2013

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  1. sally @ sallys baking addiction says

    September 8, 2013 at 2:50 pm

    Caramel and pumpkin. What a combination Christi!! These look amazing.

    Reply
  2. Mary Juckett says

    September 9, 2013 at 5:22 am

    can you tell me if the pumpkin we need already has spices, or do we get a can without the spices? Please let me know, as I am going to try and make these…Thanks….

    Reply
    • Christi @ Love From The Oven says

      September 9, 2013 at 2:19 pm

      Mary, I never (EVER) use the “pumpkin pie mix”, only pure pumpkin – so no spices included.

      Reply
  3. kathy says

    September 13, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    Im making these now and the cream cheese frosting seems a little runny. Is there anything i can do to make it more hard like frosting from the store so it doesnt just go all over the cupcake? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Christi @ Love From The Oven says

      September 13, 2013 at 5:02 pm

      Kathy, you can almost always thicken up frosting with more powdered sugar. Frosting is hard as the temp of your ingredients and the temp around you can change things. When I’m not baking for the blog I actually never measure powdered sugar, I just use enough to get the right texture I’m looking for.

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      • Stacey says

        October 6, 2013 at 12:27 pm

        I made these and they were delicious! I too had the problem with the runny frosting, but did not read this note before making them. I actually only used 3 cups of powdered sugar as I prefer frosting that is not too sweet. In the future, if I use less sugar, should I also use less of the caramel sauce and cream cheese? In other words, what should I use less of in order to avoid the runny-ness. Thank you!

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  4. Kathy says

    September 15, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    I used your frosting and Carmel drizzle trick on Spiced Pear cupcakes. SO delicious and gorgeous.

    Reply
  5. Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says

    September 17, 2013 at 8:22 pm

    Say no more – that caramel sauce and frosting has completely won me over!

    Reply
    • Christi @ Love From The Oven says

      September 17, 2013 at 8:26 pm

      Chung – I think caramel sauce and frosting are truly BFF’s. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Crystal says

    September 21, 2013 at 11:06 am

    These look delicious. This may be a dumb question, but I am no baker of any means! I was wondering what the 2-layer spice cake mix was. I have 2 individual regular size betty crocker spice cake mixes. Can I use these? One or two?

    Thanks, (Can’t wait to try these out)

    Reply
    • Christi @ Love From The Oven says

      September 21, 2013 at 11:18 am

      Crystal, a standard cake mix typically makes two 8″ or 9″ layers, so that’s perfect.

      Reply
  7. Vera Zecevic – Cupcakes Garden says

    October 1, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    I love poked cake and cupcakes, of course and caramel pumpkin combo is amazing. I’ve featured your cupcakes on my blog, hoping that you don’t mind, but if you do, please contact me and I’ll remove it. All the best.

    Reply
  8. samantha says

    October 5, 2013 at 6:35 am

    Does it really matter what brand sour cream you use?

    Reply
    • Christi @ Love From The Oven says

      October 5, 2013 at 9:20 pm

      Samantha, use whatever works for you.

      Reply
  9. Ally says

    October 11, 2014 at 1:29 pm

    Made these recently and they were a huge hit! I didn’t use quite as much powdered sugar as it called for. Anyway, they are truly delicious! My co-workers are still raving about them. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I will definitely make these again.

    Reply
    • Christi says

      October 11, 2014 at 7:36 pm

      Ally, I’m so glad that you liked them! 🙂 It’s such a great flavor combo, you really can’t go wrong.

      Reply
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