Pumpkin Pineapple Cake Or Cupcakes Recipes

PUMPKIN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture will appear curdled). Beat in syrup and milk. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, ginger and allspice; add to shortening mixture and beat just until moistened. Stir in pumpkin and pineapple., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes.

PINEAPPLE PULL-APART CUPCAKE CAKE

Steps:

• Color 4 cups buttercream bright yellow in a medium bowl. Color 2 cups buttercream leaf green in a second medium bowl. Color the remaining 1/2 cup buttercream light brown with the ivory food coloring in a small bowl. Transfer the yellow and green buttercream to 2 separate pastry bags fitted with medium star tips. Transfer the light brown buttercream to a pastry bag fitted with a round tip.
• Arrange the cupcakes on a large cutting board or serving platter as follows: Arrange 10 cupcakes in a tall U shape. Fill the inside of the U with 2 columns of 4 cupcakes (8 total). To make the pineapple stem, arrange a row of 2 cupcakes at the top of the U, followed by a row of 3 cupcakes, then finally 1 cupcake at the top.
• Pipe stars of yellow buttercream onto the bottom pineapple section. Pipe vertical streaks of green buttercream onto the pineapple step (the top 3 rows of cupcakes). Pipe the brown buttercream in a crosshatch pattern on the yellow body of the pineapple, and then pipe small upside-down Vs at the top of each crosshatch.

BEST-EVER PUMPKIN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Stir flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Mix pumpkin puree, evaporated milk, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl until smooth. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and stir until batter is well mixed. Fill muffin cups with batter, about 1/3 cup per cupcake.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool cupcakes in the pan for 20 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Move an oven rack to the middle of the oven. Spray 24 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Spoon 1 teaspoon melted butter into the bottom of each sprayed muffin cup. Spoon 1 tablespoon brown sugar into each muffin cup. Press a maraschino cherry into the center of the brown sugar in each muffin cup. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of crushed pineapple on top and compact it with the back of a spoon into an even layer.
• Mix pineapple cake mix, pineapple juice, vegetable oil, and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium; mix for 2 minutes.
• Pour batter into the muffin cups, filling them to the top; do not overfill.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Line a work surface with waxed paper. Allow cupcakes to cool at least 5 minutes before inverting muffin cups onto the waxed paper; serve with pineapple and cherry sides up. Sprinkle cupcakes lightly with confectioners' sugar before serving.

PUMPKIN PIE CUPCAKES WITH WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line 24 muffin cups with foil liners. , On a work surface, unroll crust. Cut 24 circles with a floured 2-1/4-in. round cookie cutter, rerolling scraps as necessary. Press 1 crust circle into each liner. Bake until lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks., In a large bowl, beat pumpkin, eggs, oil, water and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, pie spice and salt; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture. Pour 1/4 cup batter into each prepared cup., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes, rotating pans halfway through baking. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely., For whipped cream, in a large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until soft peaks form. To serve, dollop over cupcakes; sprinkle with cinnamon.