Warning: it’s going to get all Halloween-y around here next week. This is a little preview. I am a total sucker for Halloween stuff. Normally various holiday displays at stores don’t have quite such an effect on me, but make it orange, black and maybe purple, and I’m all over it. Which is exactly how I ended up with one of those giant containers of various Halloween sprinkles and sugars. Really, I could browse the Halloween aisles forever.
I first made these pumpkin cupcakes a few years back and they have been my staple recipe ever since. The cake is light and tender, with the perfect balance of pumpkin and fall spices. I have made them with white chocolate cream cheese frosting before but I think I prefer them this way, with just a thin spread of classic cream cheese frosting so the cake is really the star. I most recently made these as a coworker birthday request and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to use up some of the fun sugars and sprinkles. Just about 15 more Halloweens and then I’ll be ready to buy another enormous jar.