Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes

Deliciously moist pumpkin cupcakes with a rich flavor.  These Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes are made to taste just like Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte. Made with pumpkin, coffee, and milk, these buttercream frosted cupcakes pack plenty of real flavor for every pumpkin lover!
Autumn is my favorite season. I find comfort in snuggling up with a blanket, and a good book while sipping on a hot latte with warm spices. I’ve created that same warm feeling into these pumpkin cupcakes.

Every fall, I patiently wait for Starbucks to come out with their Pumpkin Spice Latte. Once it hits the menu, it’s the unofficial start of the fall holiday season even if the temperature outside is much like summer weather.
Nothing beats warm coffee with pumpkin flavor and warm fall spices and that’s where the inspiration for this recipe came from.

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 3 large eggs
• 15 oz. canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
• 1/4 cup coffee
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 1/4 cup half and half or full-fat milk/cream
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil

Frosting

• 9 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 6 oz. cream cheese. soft
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 2 1/2 cups powdered confectioners' sugar
• gingersnap cookies
• green straws
• caramel sauce see notes for recipe

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with cupcakes liners; set aside.
2. In a large bowl whisk together combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs. Add in pumpkin puree. Brew a hot cup of coffee and measure out 1/4 cup coffee. Add instant coffee to 1/4 cup coffee then stir to dissolve. Add half and half or milk/cream to coffee. Pour mixture into pumpkin mixture. 
4. Add in vegetable oil to wet ingredients. Whisk everything until thoroughly combined. 
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