Saturday 10 September 2011

Tried and Tested: Hummingbird Bakery Pumpkin Cupcakes


The weather has turned really autumnal and made me think of the next event on the calendar - Halloween. I KNOW it is more than a month left, but we have actually already seen Christmas decorations in the shops... 
THAT is just out of order, I think!

I have never used pumpkin in cakes before even if I have made lots of savoury dishes using pumpkin. The treat for this weekend is therefore Pumpkin Cupcakes which I found a recipe for in 'The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook' where I previously found a great recipe for vanilla cupcakes

I made these pumpkin cupcakes without frosting. 
Even if they are perhaps not as pretty to look at I sometimes find the frosting makes the cupcakes too sweet and might be at bit of overkill. 
But that is just my preference.
:-)

The pumpkin cupcakes turned out really moist, tasty and not too sweet.
Will probably make them again 
(especially since I still have half a tin of pumpkin purée left)!

Mix well to a sandy consistency:
120 gram plain flour
140 gram sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
a pinch of salt
40 gram butter (room temperature)

add first
120 ml milk
then
2 eggs
and at the end
200 grams tinned pumpkin purée

Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases, two-thirds full and bake at 170 degrees for about 20 mins.
Leave to cool.

Optional: 
Spoon Cream cheese frosting on when the cupcakes are baked and cold. 
You can find a recipe for the frosting here

I got 14 (not too large) cupcakes out of this recipe




6 comments:

  1. Heia
    Takk for din tilbakemelding angående tapet, det er nok den jeg heller mot jeg også:-)
    Denne oppskriften så spennende ut, ble sulten jeg nå...
    Ha en riktig fin helg:-)
    Godklem fra meg

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  2. De här ser helt underbara ut!
    Jag ska försöka mig på en pumpkin cupcake i höst =D

    Stor kram till dig Mette

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  3. Så lurt! Det skal jeg prøve meg på til Halloween også.
    Tiden flyr og plutselig er vi i slutten av oktober!!
    GLEDER meg til Halloween jeg, syns det er en flott ny tradisjon her i Norge. (Både for meg og barna:-)
    Ha en herlig lørdagskveld!
    Klem fra størstepia

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  4. Mmmm - disse så gode ut!
    Du er jo rene bakeren.. Flott at du tester ut og gir oss oppskriften :)

    God lørdagskveld!

    Klem

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  5. Dette ser fristendes og godt ut Mette!!
    Takk som deler:))
    Ha en finfin søndag!
    Klem fra meg

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  6. Høres og ser veldig godt ut!:) Når det gjelder spørsmålet hos meg, så ja: jeg bruker gulvmaling på bordflaten (eller jeg har faktisk brukt det på hele bordet). Det gjør at malingen holder seg veldig fint og tåler mye!:) Klem fra Heidi

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