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Pumpkin cupcakes, courtesy of Twitter

POSTED: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 4:21 PM

Filed Under: Recipes

Photo | Rachel Burgos

On Saturday I was lazily perusing my Twitter feed to see what the eff was up for a gorgeous weekend afternoon. I found that RealSimple had posted a recipe for pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, and decided to make them. First I had to recruit someone with an oven (mine doesn't work) as well as someone who could walk me through the intricacies of baking, which you can't really wing. (I've tried that and ended up with burnt treats.) My friend Carla was up for the challenge, so we went over to the SuperFresh on Delaware Ave. to stock up. We also stopped in at The Dive (947 E. Passyunk Ave.) to get some Miller High Life, because it was the freakin' weekend, baby, and we were about to be having some fun. I love this recipe because it's incredibly easy and delicious. All you really do is follow the directions on boxed yellow cake mix and make a few simple substitutions: instead of water, use canned pumpkin puree, add some pumpkin pie spice and that's it. The icing was even more simple, literally just cream cheese and confectioner sugar whipped together until creamy. When we were done, no spoon was left unlicked. The entire process took under an hour, and the results were wonderful pumpkin cupcakes, perfect for any fall occasion. (I had even my closest friends thinking I'd labored over an oven all day mixing and whipping and wearing an apron. Ha!) I tried to somehow decorate the cupcakes in an anti-Martha way (upside down crosses, curse words, etc.), because really, candy corn and dainty cupcakes don't make for a very evil or spooky vibe. I'll absolutely make these cupcakes again, not only to prove I can bust out a little Susie Homemaker once in a while, but because they were easy, quick and tasty as hell.

urmoms

Posted 2010-10-30 22:42:42

I hope you saved me one...they look so pretty!

Joshua Ramos

Posted 2010-10-29 15:07:16

Congrats cuz, these look absolutely delicious!!!!!

Jim Stem

Posted 2010-10-28 13:04:28

I snagged the last one of these. It ruled!

Saeed

Posted 2010-10-28 13:02:08

These were hands down the best cupcakes I've had in years, possibly ever! Make more plz!!

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