It is finally fall! It's a time of expectation, thanksgiving, bonfires, and sweets of course! For me, I always look forward to making anything with pumpkin in it. I called all the grocery stores and behold, Wal-Mart had the first batch of these little orange friends. After a quick and mouthwatering brainstorm I decided that these would be the perfect sweet to bring to White House First Baptist's 100th year anniversary!! Here's the first of many sweets this fall season with my favorite squishy squashy fruit... or is it a vegetable? Either way, it's my favorite. When you bite into these Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese frosting you'll never be the same aaaah! AND it's REAL PUMPKIN. None of that canned imposter!
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| Here's the recipe, but...I always add a secret ingredient or two! |
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| oooh look what's coming |
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| "There's a stranger upon my territory, i must kiss it and see if we can be friends" |
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| PROOF of the kisses! Do you see that slobber? |
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| Kitty on the pumkin patrol prowl |
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| behold, the heavenly spice in the back of the baking cabinet |
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| my first fall greeting card and who knew! |
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| wash the kitty slobber off your pumpkin...grab the husband |
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| Thanks Blake! |
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| save these if you like roasting seeds...post to follow |
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| scoop out all the goop, you know! |
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| NO GOOP! |
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| fill your double boilder up half way with water and steam away |
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| break up the pumpkin if you need to. i didn't even break one nail! |
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| get over to your sink and separate the seeds from the gush |
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| it's cookin! |
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| it's ready when it looks like candy corn. organge, white, yellow |
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| mix the sugar and oil |
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| add eggs |
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| measure out all the dry ingredients |
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| add dry ingredients a little at a time |
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| let it cool or grab a big spatula to get it out and scrrape! |
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| scrape the pumpkin away from skin |
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| mash with a fork to even out texture |
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| measure 15 ouces |
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| add slowly to mixture |
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| use a measuring cup to avoid a mess and get the exact amount in each cupcake |
Another tip: if you ever have empty cup cake spots then fill the spot up with a little water to keep the other cupcake edges from burning. CRAZY!
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| bake and coool on a rack... |
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| make tags if you like |
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| here comes the icing on the cake |
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| melt me for a few seconds in the microwave |
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| get creative! |
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| At last...enjoy! |
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| take to your party/event... |
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| always share with friends... especially beautiful new friends |
Oh we had such a good time yesterday! Happy 100th Anniversary White House First Baptist!
Your photos are so amazing. Feels like a movie when you scroll through. So you boiled your pumpkin? That's a great idea I bake them in the oven for an hour, turned upside down on aluminum foil.
ReplyDeleteOh, by the way, those tags are amazing! You did all of those by hand? Awesome.
ReplyDeletehey momma... thanks! yeah i did the tags, they were fun! and with the double boiler it only took 20 minutes!! quick!
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