Today I baked these sweet things...
They were SO easy and SO good and SO perfect for Fall!
Have you heard of mixing a cake mix with a can of pumpkin to create yummy, moist muffins? On several blogs that I follow, I have seen this idea. It looked really easy, and I had a can of pumpkin left over from last year, so I thought I'd give it a go.
What you do is mix one can of pumpkin (15 ounce size) with the powder mix of a yellow cake mix and then pour in a muffin pan and bake! That is it! I was a little concerned about there not being any liquid of any sort in there, but the more you mix the two, you can see it coming together in to a beautiful, fluffy batter. You bake them at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. I baked mine to 25 minutes because I filled the cups pretty full. I didn't have any muffin papers, so I just sprayed the pan. I also didn't have a yellow cake mix, so I used a white one. Next time I make them, I will make sure I use a yellow one because I think it would have tasted better. I was able to get 16 muffins.
The frosting I found on this blog and I absolutely LOVE it. It's a very easy recipe...
Ingredients:
8 ounce cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
shredded coconut (optional)
Directions:
Beat the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Add the vanilla and the powdered sugar. Continue beating until creamy.
I frosted the muffins as soon as they cooled and had plenty of frosting (Skogen and I dipped a cut up apple in the leftover frosting and it was soooooooooo good!). I was hesitant about the coconut, but ended up sprinkling it on the top and I'm so glad I did!
Fall yummy-ness!
My friend told me about this recipe cause she knows I bake with pumpkin a lot in the fall! She used a spice cake mix & pumpkin & said it was yummy. I bought the spice cake mix but just haven't made it yet.
ReplyDeleteMelody, I am such a dork... I had a spice cake mix sitting right by the white cake mix in the pantry! HA! I can imagine that would be even better than the yellow cake mix! YUM! I can't wait to try it, now!
ReplyDeleteI don't even like pumpkin, but had Kent pick some up at the store last night after reading your post. Very yummy, especially the frosting! I posted and linked to your blog at http://mealmorsels.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-treats.html
ReplyDeleteMMmm. These look awesome. I use the Pillsbury pumpkin bread mix (blue box)and follow the muffin instructions.It's easy and delicious, too. Thanks for the coconut idea!
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