How About Some Easy Thanksgiving Cupcakes!


These are butternut squash cupcakes with sage frosting! They are very moist and taste awesome!


They are made using a Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Spice Premium Cake Mix!



Here is the recipe that makes 24 cupcakes:

Ingredients:

For cake:

--1 Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Spice Premium Cake Mix
--1 large butternut squash


For frosting:
--1 bunch of sage
--3 tablespoons of water
--3 tablespoons of granulated sugar

--12 ounces of cream cheese (room temperature)
--1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
--1 cup of eggnog (or milk, if you prefer)
3-4 cups of powdered sugar


Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 24 muffin tins with paper baking cups, and set aside. Peel, quarter and remove seeds from butternut squash. Place in a large sauce pan covered with water and bring to a boil until squash is tender. Put the pieces in a food processor or blender, then set aside for a while.


Make cake mix as directed on package. When cooled, fold the butternut squash into the cake mix. Fill the cupcake papers three-quarters full, making sure that the batter is divided evenly. Bake cupcakes until a toothpick inserted in the center of them comes out clean, about 12-15 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.


Frosting directions:

Chop up the sage so that it's in very fine pieces. Heat the sugar and water in a small sauce pan under medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add the sage to the sugar water mixture and heat  over low-medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Set aside to let cool.

Beat butter and cream cheese until creamy...about 2 minutes.

Stir the sage syrup into the butter and cream cheese mixture. Add the eggnog or milk to the mixture.

Finally, add the powered sugar a little at a time to the mixture until you have the mixture you want.

Now, frost your cupcakes...you will receive very happy praises from your Thanksgiving guests!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week!

CQ and Layla





22 comments:

  1. I LOVE this idea!! Thanks for posting. I have some sage still in the garden that I need to use up before winter comes. This will be perfect!!

    Consumed: My Culinary Adventure

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  2. Great cupcakes, and blog.. I'll follow you :-)

    Happy Thanksgiving, we don;t have it here in NZ.

    ciao
    Alessandra

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  3. This cupcakes are adorable. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  4. Thanks for a quick and delicious recipe idea for thanksgiving. My nieces love cupcakes and I'm serving this recipe with them.

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  5. Those are some great looking cupcakes.

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  6. Butternut squash cupcakes.. that's so cool! I love secretly using vegetables in sweet things(:

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  7. Anonymous5:23 PM

    thank u for the wonderful recipe. Can I substitute McCormick's dry sage from the grocery?

    I love, love, love cupcakes and take them to our monthly church luncheon. both these and the Magic Cookie Bar Cupcakes will definitely being go to our church!

    Diane
    http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com/

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  8. Yes...you can substitute dried sage...let me know how they turn out!

    CQ

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  9. Yum yum yum! I want to eat these!

    Gorgeous blog!

    Love from
    Aimee
    x

    ENTER MY GIVEAWAY - http://www.greenpicklesblog.co.uk

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  10. Those look amazing. I just wanted to drop by and say how much I enjoy your blog and that I just awarded you the Versatile Blogger award. Pop over to my blog to grab the button.

    Best,

    Dana@ http://bookgirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com/

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  11. thanks for sharing the recipe, this cupcakes are cute and really looks delicious, i'll try this one, have a good day

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  12. That is a nice and easy recipie, I just love to enjoy different tastes of cupcakes , very nice and easy sharing

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  13. All the ingredients used in making this cupcake are delicious and sweet. I think that delicious ingredients makes a delicious cupcake.

    Gift Pakistan

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  14. How creative! I love butternut squash but never thought about using it in pastry before. Love it!

    You've got a great blog btw, I'm glad I stumbled upon this. I'm definitely gonna follow :-)

    Come check out my blog sometime, its brand new:

    http://cookonabudget.blogspot.com/

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  15. Never tried the squash, but I added pumpkin this year to mine! Thanks for the great blog!

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  16. I have been searching for really great cupcake recipes and can't wait to try these! I have a party coming make these and put them in a cute cupcake wrapper! Can't wait!

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  17. Hi, Cupcake queen!! Your blog is amazing!
    I have just created a Club for cupcakes lovers :
    www.the-cupcake-club.com
    and I was wondering if you would like to share with us a recipe of your best cupcakes (I would put a link of your blog of course!) If you are interested, please have a look at the website, in the recipe section.
    Have a nice day!
    Clothilde.

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  18. These look great… just the kind I like. too sweet, a little crisp, and a little chocolaty. Great with tea or cocoa or coffee.

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  19. These looks so yummy. Yours look so delicious, I’ll have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing all of your great recipes.

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