Mama Chef - chocolate-chip pumpkin cupcakes w/ cinnamon frosting

This recipe tied for second place with the Pumpkin Roll, and is easy and well worth adding to your repertoire. The recipe calls for a cinnamon frosting, but it is great with just plain vanilla too.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

Cake:
1 pkg pudding-included yellow cake mix
1 C canned pumpkin
1/2 C water
1/3 C oil
3 eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 C miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

Icing:
2/3 C softened butter
4 C powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 to 4 Tbls milk
2 tsps cinnamon (more or less to taste)

WHAT TO DO:

• Combine all cake ingredients, except choc. chips and beat 2 min. a high speed.
• Add choc. chips and fill lined cupcake cups 3/4 full
• Bake in preheated 350 oven until toothpick comes out clean
• Cool completely and frost
• Beat all of the frosting ingredients together until creamy (or buy a can of vanilla frosting and mix in the cinnamon)

Comments

[LG's Mama]

I just sort of made this, due to my daughter's dairy allergy I made some substitutions and left out some things all together... I am not sure it even qualifies as the same recipe any more but boy is it delicious!

I will send you more details if and when she takes a nap today :)