My eldest son who had his 8th birthday last month has a new favorite flavor these days. Caramel it is! Gone are the "everything-dipped-in-chocolate" days. Even though he asked for a cheesecake for his birthday, I wanted to bake a regular cake too if the cheesecake flopped because I have not baked it before.
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So I was looking for some cake recipes using caramel and all I could find which was doable within a short period of time was a pumpkin torte, filled with cream cheese, drizzled with caramel syrup and topped with chopped pecans. I was drooling over the picture. But because of some last minute plan changes I had to drop that idea and even wanted a quicker recipe which didn't involve too much cooling time, frosting etc.
That's when I decided to go with cupcakes itself. I had already got 2 cans of pumpkin puree, which I wanted to use up. So pumpkin cupcakes was it! I too this recipe as a base and made some changes to make it egg free.
I used my fail-proof egg substitute method which I came up while baking this eggless blueberry pound cake and then in the eggless strawberry cream cake. The trick is using half yogurt and half silken tofu instead of the eggs in the recipe. This trick never fails and it didn't fail me in the eggless pumpkin cupcake recipe too. The cupcakes turned out awesome.
The cream cheese frosting was getting a bit watery because of the hot weather. So I had to put it in the fridge for a couple of hours before frosting. The kids enjoyed the cupcakes by adding sprinkles of their choice and made it extra special.
Ingredients
All-purpose flour - 2 and ⅓ cups
Granulated sugar - 2 and ¼ cups
- Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon
- Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
- Salt - ¾ teaspoon
- Baking soda - ½ teaspoon
- Ground ginger - ½ teaspoon
Buttermilk - ¾ cup
Plain yogurt - ½ cup
Pureed silken tofu - ½ cup
Softened Butter - ½ cup
Pumpkin puree - 1 and ½ cups
Recipe
Eggless Pumpkin Cupcakes
Ingredients
For Cupcakes:
- ¾ cup butter softened
- 2 and ¼ cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup pureed silken tofu
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- 2 and ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 and ½ cups pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¾ cup buttermilk
For Frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ½ cup butter softened
- 4 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C for 15 minutes. Line two 12 cups muffin pan with paper liners.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add plain yogurt, pureed silken tofu and vanilla extract to the mixture and beat well. The mixture will look curdled but that's fine.
- Add the pumpkin puree and beat well again.
- In another bowl stir together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, baking soda and ground ginger.
- Add the dry flour mix to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating after each addition.
- Fill muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. I baked mine for 23 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then transfer it to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.
For Frosting:
- In a large bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add confectioner's sugar, vanilla and cinnamon and beat well. Frost the cupcakes. Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator up to a month, if stored carefully in an air tight container.
My Notes
- Add up to a tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice with the dry ingredients for the cake if you like the flavor.
- The batter is not sticky but quite wet; more like pancake batter. Don't worry the cupcakes will turn out great. The easy to way to fill the muffin tins will be pouring the batter in a big and heavy zip lock bag, wrap the opening and secure it tightly with an elastic and snip the bottom corner and pipe the batter ¾ths full like you would do for frosting. Otherwise use a ⅓rd cup measure to scoop the dough for each cupcake.
- I was able to get only 21 cupcakes not 24 as mentioned in the original recipe with eggs.
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Shivani says
Can I bake 8 inch (2 pans) cake instead of cupcakes using same measurements? It’s my daughter’s sweet 16 party & she wants me to bake a fall themed cake!
Madhuram says
Even though I have not tried in this recipe usually it works. Just keep an eye on the baking time. Birthday wishes to your daugher.
Graziella Axisa says
Hi. Thank you for this recipe. I have done them with my 4 year old son. Should I freeze them if I am going to use them 5 daya later? Thank you
Madhuram says
Thanks for trying the recipe, Graziella. Freezing is not necessary. Just store it in the fridge.
Morgan says
I am really looking forward to giving these a try...but I dont want to use that much granulated sugar. Do you see a problem in reducing the amount and/or subbing maple syrup? Also, if I were to make a mini cupcakes, how should I adjust the baking temp and time? Thanks!
Madhuram says
Hi Morgan, sugar not only sweetens but also provides moisture. So cutting it back too much would end up in having a dry cupcake instead of moist. Maybe you can cut back 1/4 cup. The temperature can be the same, but the baking time would be around 13-17 minutes maybe.
Jahnavi says
Hello Madhuram, tried this recipe yesterday, for office party. It turned out amazing with perfect texture.Sugar was little more for our taste though. I scale down recipe, bake two batches as I had only 12 cupcake pan, ended up getting 26 cupcakes total.
Thank you !!
Madhuram says
That's great Jahnavi. Thanks for the feedback.
Johrob says
I' ve been looking for an eggless and dairy free pumpkin cake recipe. I got excited when you posted this one until I realized it is not dairy free (yogurt and buttermilk). My son has both allergies so they are an absolute no in our house. Could I substitute soy or coconut yogurt and almond milk?
Madhuram says
Yes, that should not be a problem.
Vijoo says
Hi Madhuram
I tried this recipe but it didn't turn out so great.
I substituted the butter with apple sauce and I think that's why they turned out very heavy and dense almost like bread. It tastes ok but its not light and moist like cupcakes. Do you think that's why they are so dense?
Frosting was amazing!
Madhuram says
That's exactly the reason Vijoo. Applesauce makes baked goods very dense. The recipe already has pumpkin puree, which makes it moist, so adding more applesauce and leaving out the fat would have given you a pumpkin bread sort of thing rather than cupcakes.
tracy says
if I didn't not want to use tofu, is there a substitution that you think would work?
Madhuram says
You can try all yogurt or unsweetened applesauce or some more pumpkin puree itself. These are all just guesses. I wouldn't know 100% without trying it myself.
sivalee2552@gmail.com says
Thank you so much, I'll try,thanks
Priya says
Belated birthday wishes to him..Cupcakes looks extremely cute and gorgeous..
Madhuram says
Thank you very much Priya.