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Pumpkin spice
party
Story and photo by Auriana Cook
Cupcakes
1 2/3 cu p s flour
2 tsp b ak in g
p o w d er
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp c in n a m o n
,1 /4 tsp n u tm e g
1/8 tsp cloves
3 /4 cu p u n salted
b u tte r
1 cu p b ro w n
sugar
1/2 cu p g ran u lat
ed sugar
1 cu p can n ed
p u m p k in pu ree
2 eggs
F ro s tin g
1 8 oz package
cream cheese
% cup u nsalted
b u tte r
4 cups confection
er’s sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
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I’m a big believ er in co n so lid ating ingredients. As
20 m inutes.
w ith w obbly squiggles ra th e r th a n perfect swirls.
I sto o d o n th e spice aisle o n th e verge o f buying
Even after I got th e h an g o f it, I w o n d ered if th e
cloves, cin n a m o n a n d n u tm eg , I w as th rille d to
W hile these w ere baking, I m ad e th e frosting.
cupcake in th e P interest p h o to h a d been fro sted by
find a c o n tain er lab eled “p u m p k in pie spice.” This
This involved b len d in g butter, cream cheese an d
G od’s h a n d a n d n o t a m ere m o rta l like m e. I m ig h t
m ix tu re co n tain s cloves, cin n am o n , n u tm e g a n d
vanilla w ith an electric m ixer, w hile slowly a d d
ginger. The gin g er co u ld o n ly en h an ce th e flavor,
stick to using a knife in th e future.
ing co n fectioner’s sugar. P ersonally I don’t th in k
so I b o u g h t th is in stea d o f th e th re e separate spic
cream cheese fro sting sh o u ld b e sickeningly sweet,
The last to u c h w as to sprinkle a b it o f p u m p k in
es. I w as off o n th e rig h t foot.
a n d fo u r cups o f sugar seem ed like a lot. I sto p p ed
pie spice o n each cupcake. This looked p re tty an d
at th re e a n d it taste d fine, b u t it d ep en d s o n th e
T hat evening, I sta rte d baking. I p reh eated th e
cam ouflaged m y m ed io cre frosting job. B ut th e ir
p erson.
ap pearance is beside th e p oint; th ey tu rn e d o u t
oven to 350 degrees, m ix ed th e d r y ingredients
in o n e bow l, th e w et in g red ien ts in another. The
really, really good. I b ro u g h t trays to m y family,
W h a t I th o u g h t w ould be th e fu n p a rt pro v ed to be friends, a n a a ro o m full o f h u n g ry jo u rn alists to.
p u m p k in p u ree seem ed o n ly slightly m o re ap p e
really difficult: fro stin g th e cupcakes w ith a d eco
tizin g th a n th e strin g y p u m p k in guts I’m fam iliar
keep fro m eating th e m all myself. I reco m m en d
ratin g bag. This is w h at bakers use to m ake p ic tu r
th is recipe for every party, potluck, o r p u m p k in -
w ith sco o p in g o u t o f jack-o’-lan terns, b u t once I
esque sw irls o f frosting. M y first d o zen cam e o u t
a d d ed th e su g ar a n d spices, it sm elled am azing.
craving fro m n o w u n til T hanksgiving!
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