Sugar Skull Pumpkin Cupcakes
Chef Adriana Martin
Sugar Skull Pumpkin Cupcakes prepared with ingredients that you can easily find at your local supermarket. Perfect for Day of the Dead.
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 35 minutes mins
Course Desserts
Cuisine Mexican Cuisine
Servings 12 cupckaes
Calories 297 kcal
- 1 Spiced cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup of pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup of milk
- 1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice
- 2 cups of cream cheese frosting
- 12 sugar skulls decorations
- 1/2 cup of colored sugar
- 12 decorated cupcake liners
- 12 white cupcake liners
- 1 cupcake baking mold
In the mixer add the cake mix, the eggs, the pumpkin puree, the milk and the pumpkin spice. Mix well until getting all ingredients well incorporated.
Place the cupcake liners in the cupcake baking mold and using a spoon pour some of the cake mix without adding too much on each cupcake.
Cook in the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes. Take out and let then cool.
Using a plastic bag or a piping bag make swirls to decorate the cupcakes with the frosting.
Sprinkle colored sugar and finish with a mini sugar skull on top of each cupcake. For presentation purposes add the decorated cupcake liner and serve.
Calories: 297kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 130mgPotassium: 90mgFiber: 1gSugar: 46gVitamin A: 3253IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 1mg