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Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Spiced Rum Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe!

Recipe by Michelle J author of A Happy Hippy Mom.
Servings: 36 Cupcakes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 cups Dark Hershey's unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/4 tsp Saigon ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 3/4 cups low-fat buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 cups pumpkin purée
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 sticks unsalted butter softened
  • 1 1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 5 large eggs
Spiced Rum Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons Blackheart Premium spiced rum
Optional Garnish
  • chopped pecans
  • shaved dark chocolate

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Line muffin pan with paper liners and set aside.
  2. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, Saigon cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a large bowl and set aside.
  3. Combine the buttermilk, pumpkin, and vanilla in a medium bowl and set aside.
  4. Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed, until fluffy. Incorporate the eggs, adding one at a time. Beating until the mixture is smooth and light.
  5. Alternately add the flour mixture and pumpkin mixture, blending well after each addition.
  6. Fill cups 2/3 full with batter.
  7. Bake for 18 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Spiced Rum Cream Cheese Frosting
  1. To make the frosting, cream together the cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add the rum and vanilla extract. Gradually mix in the powdered sugar a little bit at a time. Refrigerate the frosting for 20 minutes until it thickens. Frost cupcakes and garnish cupcake edges with chopped pecans and shaved dark chocolate.