Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes are all the flavor of your favorite seasonal beverage turned into an irresistible treat!
This time of year, many people turn to the famous “pumpkin spice latte” drink that you can find in local coffee shops just after the beginning of September. Well, a few years ago, I decided to take that iconic autumn beverage and turn it into a cupcake – and here it is!
To Make this Recipe You will Need:
To begin, line 2 standard muffin pans (24 muffins) with papers and set aside. Preheat oven your to 350°(F).
In a bowl combine flour, espresso powder, spices, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir that together and set it aside for now.
In your mixing bowl combine pumpkin, sugars, applesauce, and the extra virgin olive oil. Mix those together until smooth.
Mix in eggs, one at a time, until just combined. Stir in vanilla extract. Add in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined and smooth.
Scoop batter evenly into the prepared pans.
Bake 20-23 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the largest cupcake comes out clean.
Carefully remove the hot cupcakes to a cooling rack and cool completely before topping.
For the frosting – Beat mascarpone cheese in your mixing bowl until fluffy.
Add in powdered sugar and cinnamon – and mix until smooth. Add in the vanilla and coffee liqueur, mix until combined.
Top each cupcake with a dollops of frosting in the middle.
Enjoy!
Enjoy these beauties with a cup of coffee!
I love, love, LOVE this time of year. I love all things autumn – the weather changing, the colors in nature, and the delicious recipes that come out to play.
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Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 2 2/3 c all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 Tb instant espresso powder
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 c pumpkin, solid packed cooked or canned
- 1 c. granulated sugar
- 1 c brown sugar
- 1/2 c extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 c applesauce, plain, unsweetened
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Frosting (optional)
- 8 ounces Mascarpone cheese
- 2 1/2 c powdered sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 Tb coffee liqueur
Instructions
For the cupcakes:
- To begin, line 2 standard muffin pans (24 muffins) with papers and set aside. Preheat oven your to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl combine flour, espresso powder, spices, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Stir that together and set it aside for now.
- In your mixing bowl combine pumpkin, sugars, applesauce, and the extra virgin olive oil. Mix those together until smooth. Mix in the eggs, one at a time, until just combined. Stir in the vanilla. Add in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined and smooth.
- Scoop batter evenly into the pans. Bake 20-23 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the largest cupcake comes out clean. Carefully remove the hot cupcakes to a cooling rack and cool completely before topping.
For the frosting:
- Beat the cheese in your mixing bowl until fluffy. Add in the powdered sugar and cinnamon – and mix until smooth. Add in the vanilla and coffee liqueur, mix until combined. Top each cupcake with a dollops of frosting in the middle.
- Enjoy!
Notes
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.
what a great idea to use the esspresso powder to make it a true latte! PSL all the way!
I love pumpkin spice latte and the idea of turning up this drink into a cupcake is even better!
How cute are these and it sounds delicious! I really want to try out that espresso powder.
Those cupcakes look dangerously addicting. Yum!
I absolutely LOVE coffee liqueur but have never seen espresso powder. I’m going to have to look for it because these look fabulous!
So much goodness in this recipe, love the mascarpone and the applesauce (which only recently I started to add to my cupcakes), also a good opportunity for me to finally try the famous pumpkin spice, to this day I haven’t tried it!
Love latte, love cupcakes, the combination of these two is a sweet heaven. Great idea. thanks for sharing it.
How cute! I love the addition of the espresso powder and the mascarpone frosting on top.
All my favorite things in a bite!! And I bet this makes the house smells amazing (mine smells like hounds right now) so this is exactly what I need! making these beauties tonight.
These muffins sound so good. I love this time of year.
And for those pumpkin spice latte fans this would be the perfect cupcake to enjoy while sipping on that beverage.
Loving the sound of a latte spiced cupcake! They look delicious.
This is too good to be true! I can not wait to make these!
Oh, marscapone is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing an awesome recipe.
Pumpkin Lattes are one of my favorites! I’d love to try them in cupcake form.
Ahh, the PSL in dessert form. Does it get much better?! Yum!
yours is the first that I’ve seen to use espresso powder! Love it! :) I love these drinks too, but not as much as some :) Your cupcakes look fab! and marscapone! mmmm!!
These are gorgeous little cupcakes and I love the little touch of icing rather than a mound!!
These are the perfect little sweet treat for me. I am a HUGE pumpkin latte addict!!
Love me a PSL and now I can have one in cupcake form! Gorgeous pictures. I love eggs!
I want two of these gorgeous cupcakes — one for EACH hand!!!
Love the idea of turning that favorite latte into a cupcake…YUM!
Thank you Constance. Have a great week.
Can I just say, I LOVE your blog and this recipe has me drooling.
Oh, boy, I these are beauties! And I love the dollop of mascarpone icing on each cupcake…so yummy!!!
WOW! Just… WOW! These look scrumptious! I can’t wait to try them.
Could you send some my way? This is the perfect cupcake bite for autumn.
Love the coffee liquor in your frosting! I also love that you use fresh grated nutmeg which is probably my favorite spice as an adult (quite the turnaround from my childhood!).
Your pumpkin latte cupcakes are indeed bee-you-ti-full and sooo scrumptious looking and sounding! Your friends at the event are lucky indeed =) P.s. Mascarpone (vs cream cheese) is a fantabulous flavorful choice for frosting =)