Make these fun and yummy Jack o’Lantern Cupcakes with your kiddos.
This post is sponsored by Dixie Crystals. All opinions are my own.
Dixie Crystals joins us today as we celebrate a Spooktacular Sunday Supper with all sorts of frightfully delightful recipes that are sure to be the highlight of your night. I knew immediately that I would be sharing my Jack o’Lantern cupcakes with you.
One of my favorite things about autumn is carving pumpkins and what’s a more fun way to incorporate that than with these cute little ghoulishly yummy cupcakes? I can not wait to see what everyone has shared.
Join us as we celebrate with Dixie Crystals.
To begin, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard muffin pan with cupcake papers and set it aside for now.
In a bowl, combine 1 cup of flour, 1 ½ teaspoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/8 teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of cinnamon, ½ teaspoon of nutmeg, and 1/8 teaspoon of allspice. Stir these together and set it aside for a moment.
In your mixing bowl, beat together 2 eggs, a cup of Dixie Crystals granulated sugar, 1/3 cup plain apple sauce, 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, and a cup of pumpkin puree.
Add in your dry mixture and mix until it is smooth.
Finely chop 1/3 cup of walnuts or pecans and fold them into the batter.
Scoop the batter into your muffin pan and bake for 16-18 minutes or until they test done with a toothpick. Remove them to a cooling rack and cool completely.
When your cupcakes are cooled, it’s time to do some decorating.
First, you will want to frost your cupcakes with your favorite white frosting. You could use a buttercream or a cream cheese frosting, whichever you prefer. I made buttercream frosting for these particular cupcakes. Mix some orange food coloring into the frosting before frosting the cupcakes. These are pumpkins after all!
To get a cute look on the cupcakes, I piped the frosting in a curved pattern to give it the feel of the ridges of a pumpkin. Frost all of the cupcakes this way.
Now to make these pumpkins…into Jack o’Lanterns!
You could pipe some black frosting onto these, but I think that makes for a very messy decoration, so I’m sharing a super easy trick with you- the trick for your treats!
Go to your local craft store and buy a small package of black fondant from the baking section.
Put a couple drops of cooking oil in your hands and rub them all over your palms and fingers to keep the fondant from sticking to you. Knead a little bit of fondant until it is soft and pliable.
Roll it out on a smooth surface.
With a knife, cut little triangles for eyes and little crescent mouths.
Gently place the pieces on your cupcake. BOO-ya! Jack is born.
Repeat with all of the cupcakes. You can get creative with these if you like – making different expressions and such.
This is also a great craft for the kiddos to do!
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Jack o’Lantern Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 c flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon allspice
- 2 eggs
- 1 c granulated sugar
- 1/3 c plain apple sauce
- 1/3 c extra virgin olive oil
- 1 c pumpkin puree
- 1/3 c walnuts or pecans
- Your favorite white frosting
- orange food coloring
- black fondant
Instructions
- To begin, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard muffin pan with cupcake papers and set it aside for now.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Stir these together and set it aside for a moment.
- In your mixing bowl, beat together the eggs, sugar, plain apple sauce, extra virgin olive oil, and pumpkin puree.
- Add in your dry mixture and mix until it is smooth.
- Finely chop the walnuts or pecans and fold them into the batter.
- Scoop the batter into your muffin pan and bake for 16-18 minutes or until they test done with a toothpick. Remove them to a cooling rack and cool completely.
- When your cupcakes are cooled, it’s time to do some decorating.
- First, you will want to frost your cupcakes with your favorite white frosting. You could use a buttercream or a cream cheese frosting, whichever you prefer. I made buttercream frosting for these particular cupcakes. Mix some orange food coloring into the frosting before frosting the cupcakes. These are pumpkins after all.
- Pipe the frosting onto all of the cupcakes.
- Put a couple drops of cooking oil in your hands and rub them all over your palms and fingers to keep the fondant from sticking to you. Knead a little bit of fondant until it is soft and pliable.
- Roll it out on a smooth surface.
- With a knife, cut little triangles for eyes and little crescent mouths.
- Gently place the pieces on your cupcake.
- Repeat with all of the cupcakes. You can get creative with these if you like – making different expressions if you like.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
If nutritional values are provided for this recipe, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands of ingredients you use. The values do not include optional ingredients or when ingredients are added to taste or for serving. If nutritional values are very important to you, I suggest using your favorite nutritional calculating tool with the brands you use.
These are so adorable, love ’em!
What sweet little pumpkin cupcakes! I love how you did the frosting.
These cupcakes are adorable and can’t wait to make them for my kiddos! Keep being amazing, Constance! I would be honored if you checked out our conference and affiliate program. We need awesome bloggers like you! http://www.foodbloggingconference.com/become-an-affiliate/
How cute!
Those cupcakes are adorable!
BOO! haha Jack O’Lanterns are so much fun and these cupcakes are just too cute! Perfect to celebrate the holiday!