Pumpkin Spiced Cupcakes with Orange Curd

These delicious pumpkin spiced cupcakes are filled with homemade orange curd and have warm spices mixed in with them. They are the perfect fall treat.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• For the Orange Curd:
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Instructions:

Warm up the oven to 350F 175C and put paper liners in a cupcake pan

Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger in a medium-sized bowl and mix them together with a whisk

Put away

Put the softened butter and sugar in a large bowl and mix them together until they are light and fluffy

Each egg should be added one at a time, and then the pumpkin puree should be added

The dry ingredients should be added to the wet ingredients three times, with the buttermilk coming in between each time

The dry ingredients should be added first and last

Don't mix any further than that

Add the vanilla extract and mix well

Fill each lined cup about two thirds of the way to the top with cupcake batter

After the oven is hot, bake the cupcakes for 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean

Take the cupcakes out of the oven and let them cool for 5 minutes in the pan

Then, move them to a wire rack to cool completely

Get the orange curd ready while the cupcakes cool

Put the orange juice, orange zest, and granulated sugar in a small saucepan

Stir the mixture while heating it over medium heat until the sugar is gone

Whisk the egg yolks in a different bowl

Pour the hot orange mixture into the egg yolks slowly while whisking all the time

Put the mixture back in the saucepan

Cook over low heat, stirring all the time, for about 5 minutes, or until it gets thick enough to coat the back of a spoon

Taking it off the heat, add the butter and stir it in until it melts

After the cupcakes and orange curd have cooled, make a hole in the middle of each one with a small knife

Spoon some orange curd into the well

Have fun with your tasty Orange Curd and Pumpkin Spiced Cupcakes!