sweet potato-pecan cupcake w/ cream cheese frostin

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Tara Richardson
Rome, AL

Setting around the house one weekend & my husben wanted something sweet but different. So I made these for him. He loved them. He said it put him in mind of the holiday's.

(1 rating)
yield 2 dozen
prep time 15 Min
cook time 2 Hr 5 Min

Ingredients For sweet potato-pecan cupcake w/ cream cheese frostin

  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 1 c
    butter, room temperature
  • 4 lg
    eggs
  • 1-16 oz
    can mashed sweet potatoes
  • 2/3 c
    orange juice
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 3 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1 tsp
    ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1 c
    coarsely chopped pecans, toasted
  • CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
  • 1/2 c
    butter, softened
  • 8 oz
    cream cheese, room temp
  • 16 oz
    powder sugar
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract

How To Make sweet potato-pecan cupcake w/ cream cheese frostin

  • 1
    Perheat oven to 350 degree's. Beat sugar and butter at medium speed with an electic mixer until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
  • 2
    Whisk together mash potatoes, orange juice, and vanilla extract. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture slternately with sweet potato mixture,deginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Fold in toasted pecans. Place foil baking cups in muffin pans, and coat with vegetable cooking spray; spoon batter into cups, filling two-thirds full.
  • 3
    Bake at 350 degree's for 28 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean. Remove immediately from pans, and cool 50 minutes to 1 hour or until completely cool.Spread cupcakes evenly with cream cheese frosting. Garnish, with pecans if desired.
  • 4
    CREAM CHEESE FROSTING Beat 1/2 cup softened butter and 1 (8-oz) cream cheese, at medium speed with an electic mixer until creamy.Gradually add 1 (16-oz) powder sugar, beat at low speed just until blended; stir in 1 tsp. vanilla extract.

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