Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes: chocolate cupcakes with a delicious pumpkin cheesecake center and a cinnamon white chocolate frosting on top. Perfect cupcake for any fall party.
Dear News Crew,
Thank you so much for deciding to visit my house for an interview on neighborhood crime today. I am so glad that I did not shower, was sporting a pony tail and decided to wear barely any makeup. That should be a pretty sight on the evening news tonight. At least I wasn't in pajamas or sweats.
Love,
The Vain Lady Who Hopes No One Recognizes Her
Dear Ankle,
It's time you suck it up and stop hurting. I have given you 4 weeks of rest. In return, you have allowed the brownies and cupcakes to take up residence in places I don't like. I have decided to make you go back to the gym, so don't even try to start hurting again because I'm not listening.
Love, The Exercise Deprived Lady with Cupcake Buns
Dear Elliptical,
Why do you always cause me to think about cookies and cupcakes when I visit you? Next time I am there, please make sure to fill my head with visions of salad instead. Thank you for helping me out with this weakness of mine.
Love, The Lady with Cupcake Visions
Dear "Empty Cupboards",
Where did all the food come from? I told my husband we had "nothing" to eat for dinner last night, but he was able to pull a few different cans of vegetables, rice, and V8 out of you for a soup. What gives? I was hoping for pizza or take out. At least the throw together soup was actually pretty good. Next time I will make sure you are really empty before confessing there is nothing in the house.
Love,
The One Who Doesn't Like To Cook
Dear Dog of Mine,
What possessed you to bite our mail lady on the foot? You see her every single day. She is so nice and how do you repay her? By sneaking up on her and sinking your big teeth into her shoe. You are lucky she didn't pull out the can of pepper spray...that would have taught you a lesson. Next time Animal Control probably won't be so nice. How is house arrest going?
Love,
Your Disgruntled Pet Owner
Dear Pumpkin,
I know I said I was kind of over you, but obviously I was wrong.
Thank you for showing me that I can't live through the rest of fall without using your wonderful orange-ness in just about everything I make. You were the perfect compliment to these chocolate pumpkin cheesecake cupcakes.
Thank you for not letting me stop using you to bake with.
Love,
The Orange Obsessed Pumpkin Lover
Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes recipe:
Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes baked with a pumpkin cheesecake layer and topped with a white chocolate cinnamon frosting.
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 1 cup brewed coffee, cooled
- 1 - 4 ounce box instant chocolate pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- ⅓ cup oil
- ¼ cup plain yogurt
For the Cheesecake
- 1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup pumpkin puree
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
For the Frosting
- 6 ounces baking white chocolate, chopped
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons cinnamon sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Place 30 cupcake liners in a 24 and 6 count muffin pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, 4 eggs, oil, coffee, and yogurt. Beat on low speed for 1 minute. Then beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Batter will be thick. Set aside.
- In another mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add the egg, pumpkin, salt, and cinnamon and mix until fully blended.
- Fill cupcake liners half full with chocolate cake batter. Top with 1 tablespoon cheesecake batter. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool completely.
- In a small saucepan combine the chopped white chocolate and heavy cream. Heat on low until melted and smooth. Let cool to room temperature.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, cooled chocolate mixture, and vanilla. Beat until creamy.
- Slowly add the powdered sugar until all is mixed in. Beat on high until light and fluffy. Pipe onto cupcakes and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
- Keep refrigerated when not being served. Best served at room temperature. Makes 30 cupcakes.
Jessica
These look amazing!!!!! I'm going to show these to my son and see if he'll want me to make them. Thanks for sharing.
Vera Zecevic – Cupcakes Garden
These cupcakes are absolutely amazing! I'm delighted with them! I've featured this recipes on my blog! I hope you don't mind! If you don't agree with that please contact me and I will remove it. All the best.
Tiffany
Hahaha I love the format of this post! And seriously, the pumpkin issue? Right there with you - can't stop it! So good. No worries, it's still October, so totally acceptable. Anddd I'm totally making these. =)
Jocelyn
LOL! I figured November is still kind of pumpkin month too, except that I am totally ready to move on to Christmas goodies! I hope you enjoy the cupcakes:-) Thank you for stopping in!!!
Deena
Jocelyn... THIS LOOK DIVINE!! I totally need to try them! I'm always looking for yummy autumn recipes. It's my favorite time of year!
Hey, BTW, I'm hosting my first Linky Party over at http://www.winkerdoodles.com. I'd love for you to share these there! Please come! 🙂
-Deena
http://www.winkerdoodles.com
Meg @ Sweet Twist
Haha. I love your Dear Pumpkin. It's so hard to stop isn't it.
I am glad you didn't stop either, these look awesome.
Jocelyn
Thanks. It was pretty funny that I thought I could stop. I still have 2 cans in the cupboard too:-)
HungryLittleGirl
They look so amazingly delicious!
I would love to have you join my new link party Wednesday Extravaganza! Come by and share this or other recipes. Here is the link
http://www.hungrylittlegirl.com/1/post/2012/10/wednesday-extravaganza.html
Can't wait to see you there!
Michelle C {Krumble Cakes and Sweets}
I am loving your new page! Looks amazing. OH I can't tell you how much you made me laugh. Don't worry, you are not the only one that thinkgs about dessert while working out. It is completely normal.
By the way, these cupcakes look just as amazing as your page. Thank you for sharing and I will make sure to follow this new page of yours.
Mandy
I love the new site! I am so excited for you! I love the Dear whatever letters. Creative way to introduce recipes...
Desi
I love your letters! That make me giggle 🙂 And thinkin you were over pumpkin?!?! That can't be! Love the color of your cupcakes. And love that frosting. Yum to the um!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
I love these posts Jocelyn! You are too funny. And yes, that ankle better not complain. 🙂
Becky
My dog nipped at the groomer, so she is now a 2nd class citizen. Maybe I should make your chocolate pumpkin cheesecakes to drown my sorrows over my dog. I've just started my baking with pumpkin for this year.
Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking}
Hehe, sorry the news crew visited. I always find that I end up seeing people I know on the days where I just haven't made too much of an effort in the makeup or bad hair day department! And yikes on le dog biting the mail woman!
And the goods, how could you be over pumpkin when it's been so good to you? I'm totally digging the chocolate cake layer on the bottom with the pumpkin cheesecake goodness peeping over. And that frosting? To die for!!
-Lisa.
Sweet 2 Eat Baking
Winnie
Jocelyn - these look fantastic!