Little Pumpkin Baby Shower

Pumpkin cake push pops!

I used this cupcake recipe from Food Network. I made a few changes. 

-I didn't have ginger or allspice so I used pumpkin pie spice instead. 

-I added a little more pumpkin (heaping 1/2 cup)

-Frosting changes: I used 4 Tbsp butter, 1/2 Tablespoon maple syrup and some maple flavoring (1/4-1/2 tsp), and a little more powdered sugar so it was a better piping consistency.  

-I doubled this recipe and baked the cake in a jelly roll pan which made assembling the cake pops really easy. I pushed the plunger to the top of the container and used it to cut a piece of cake out. I piped on some frosting and moved the plunger down a little bit and repeated the steps three more times. 

Pumpkin Cupcakes: 

1 cup all-purpose flour

       1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon allspice

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Kosher salt

1 stick butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup canned pure pumpkin puree

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 large eggs

Maple Cream Cheese Frosting:

One 8-ounce block cream cheese

2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature

2 tablespoons pure maple syrup

2 cups powdered sugar

We had the shower at Courtney's favorite restaurant, Andeles! So yummy!

Congrats, Courtney! Can you see those cute pumpkin Oreo pops on the table that they made for take homes? So cute!