Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte
Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes based on the ever so popular Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte!
I love this time of year, it just makes me excited when the trees start to change colours. The promise of what is to come. Becuase we all know that after Fall comes Christmas!
I knew when I started to plan this post that these cupcakes needed to be as close to the real deal as possible. So I decided to top them with fresh whipping cream, drizzle them with a caramel sauce infused with espresso and last but not least, sprinkled them with pumpkin spice.
Need I say more..?
It was also super important that the flavours of all the ingredients were tasted: pumpkin, espresso, pumpkin spice (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg & cloves). Todo! Everything!
This week has been a busy week for me because I decided to register my own domain name, which I did but now I have to export all of my data. It´s a mission, honestly! I really don´t like technical stuff! Argh!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup sunflower oil
- ¼ cup strong espresso at room temperature (only use half of it, keep the other ½ for the caramel drizzle on top)
- 100g brown sugar
- 2 L eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 100g flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 ½ - 2 teaspoons pumpkin spice (or make yourself see next 4 ingredients)
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ? teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ cup pumpkin puree (I made my own)
- 300ml chilled whipping cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 ½ tablespoon white granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175ºC/350ºF.
- Line your cupcake baking tray with the liners.
- Sift the dry ingredients together and leave to one side.
- Beat the brown sugar and oil together for 5 minutes.
- Add the coffee and vanilla essence.
- Add the eggs 1 x 1.
- Add your dry ingredients and when incorporated, add the pumpkin.
- Fill the liners just over half way (they rise very nicely).
- Bake for 20-22 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing them from the baking tray.
- Cool completely on a rack before frosting.
- How I made my whipped cream video
- Make sure the mixing bowl (not plastic) is very cold as well as your whipping cream.
- Whip with the whisk attachment on medium speed until bubbles form, increase the speed and once soft peaks form slowly add the sugar, increase the speed to high, add the vanilla and whip until firm peaks have formed.
- Leave in the fridge until you are ready to frost your cupcakes.
- Fill a piping bag with the whipped cream, fitted with an open star nozzle and pipe on top of your cooled cupcakes.
- Drizzle with my caramel sauce recipe mixed well with the remaining strong espresso.
- Sprinkle with more pumpkin spice smile
Ok.. so if you guys enjoyed this Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcake recipe, head over to my Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream topped with pecan praline sauce!
Johlene
xoxo
These look so yummy!
Thank you Amy!
OMG, These look fabulous. I could sink my teeth into one right now.
Thanks for sharing at Wake Up Wednesday,
Bev
Thanksfor your comment Beverly!
This sounds amazing. I would love to try it. Thank you for sharing with us at #HomeMattersParty .We would love to have you again next week.
Thanks Sahana!
I could seriously do with one of those cupcakes to go with my morning coffee – cupcakes for breakfast are ok when they’ve got coffee in them right?
Ofcourse! and the more coffee in them the better 🙂
Wow these look fantastic! I would love to try out a pumpkin spice latte in a cupcake…yummy!
Thanks Angeline! These cupcakes are super moist and taste just like a real pumpkin spice latte!
Oh lordy, I want to dive head first into these cupcakes!! They are definitelycalling my name! 🙂
They were so good Jocelyn! Turned out better than I hoped 🙂 xoxo
Johlene – I LOL’d at the aptitude test comment! 🙂 These cupcakes look amazing. I love the flavors of pumpkin and coffee and that caramel drizzle on that cupcakes makes me want to lick my screen! Hahaha! And CONGRATS on the new blog! BTW, I absolutely LOVE the design, and the fonts are so easy and nice to read. Beautiful!
LOL yes well it´s true.. and the sad thing is they didn´t lie either….. 😉 Thanks for the lovely comments on my new blog, I really appreciate them! xoxo
Johlene, tienen un aspecto impresionante! Me apunto la receta!
Un abrazo.
Hola Eva, gracias por tu comentario! Me alegro que te guste! Un besito xoxo
I seriously need to make some cupcakes! These look soooooo yummy!
Glad you like them Laura.. 🙂 Please do make them because the flavour combo of pumpkin and coffee together is só devine! 🙂 xoxo
Thanks Madam, I´m here to please you 🙂
This is such a classic flavor combination, I love it! And I like how realistic the cupcakes are, with their whipped cream swirl and caramel drizzle. 🙂 And I’m excited for winter too, bring it on!