Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

This is a wonderful recipe for several reasons: the cupcakes are super moist as well as tender, they are mildly spiced as well as the batter goes together amongst i bowl as well as a whisk; what could live on easier? They are thus tasty, that they actually don't quest a frosting, although I similar to serve them frosted amongst a unproblematic maple flavored butter cream (pumpkin as well as maple are MADE for each other). Everyone loves these unproblematic cupcakes!!

In a large bowl, mix together amongst a whisk:

(1)  xv ounce tin of pumpkin (not pie filling)
1 2/3  loving cup of granulated sugar
1 loving cup vegetable oil
iv eggs
ii teaspoons solid soil cinnamon
(scant) 1/2 teaspoon solid soil cloves
(scant) 1/4 teaspoon solid soil nutmeg

Whisk together until rattling good mixed, as well as then add:

ii cups all piece of employment flour
ii teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

Mix well, as well as then stir inward 1/2 loving cup of raisins (optional).

Fill cupcake papers 3/4 full.  Bake inward a 350 oven for 23-25 minutes (my electrical oven takes 23 minutes) or until toothpick tests clean.  Remove as well as cool.

After the cupcakes induce got cooled, dust the tops amongst powdered carbohydrate or frost amongst your favorite frosting.

I never mensurate my "everyday" frosting, but here's a stab at it:

Melt iii tablespoons butter; add together 1 teaspoon vanilla extract as well as 1/2 teaspoon maple extract.
Add 1 to 1½ cups of powdered carbohydrate as well as a dyad tablespoons of cream.  Whisk till smooth. If it seems a picayune to dry, add together but about other tablespoon of cream.  If it seems a picayune equally good wet, had but about other spoon of powdered sugar.  

MAKES 24 CUPCAKES