Simple Gluten Free Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Fall is finally here and with it comes pumpkin flavored deliciousness!  I LOVE fall; the smells and the colors and particularly pumpkin.  I find it frustrating, as someone unable to eat gluten, to try to find baking recipes that don't require an intensely complicated (and costly) mix of flours and specialty ingredients.  Below is a recipe that, after much experimentation, resulted in fluffy, moist cupcakes boasting the flavors of fall without breaking the bank.

What you need:

Cupcakes - 

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

3/4 cups white rice flour

1/2 tsp xanthum gum

3/4 cups almond flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup pumpkin

1/4 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lining cupcake tin with paper liners.

Mix butter with sugar until fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, mixing until combined. Combine all dry ingredients and add to butter mixture, mixing well.  Stir in milk and pumpkin.  

Pour batter into lined cupcake tins and bake for 20-25 minutes.

Frosting - 

1 package cream cheese

1/4 cup butter, softenend

2 cups icing sugar

Beat all ingredients until smooth and frost cooled cupcakes.

Enjoy!

DIY Cupcake Stand - Wedding

 

 I was married in April of this year to the man of my dreams.  Planning and preparing for our wedding was a great adventure in creativity and in the end we were so fortunate to have an amazing and elegant day that went of without a hitch.  We did as much as we could ourselves (from creating this cupcake stand to building a wedding arch) in order to stretch our budget as far as possible.  I look forward to sharing information about our wedding projects!





 The base of our cupcake stand is made of hat boxes from The Creative Bag Company.  I purchased small vases from Dollarama, filled them with wine corks and glued these to the bottom of silver plastic chargers, in order to make a sturdy second tier. Finally I found a small cake plate at Homesense and an initial cake topper from Party City to present a small cutting cake. 

 



 

Though we did not incorporate a great deal of color into our wedding décor, we did allow the cupcakes to stand out by choosing a wide variety of flavors from a local bakery (that has a great gluten-free selection) For the Love of Cake.  The cupcakes were absolutely delicious and looked stunning!