Pumpkin Pleasures

Readers, it's fall. There are only a few things I like about fall, and one of them is pumpkin. Pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, spiced pumpkin drinks, etc. In theory, I'm also a fan of "sweater weather," but in reality, I can't remember the last time I was cold enough to wear a sweater that I didn't opt for a t-shirt and jacket instead.

Last fall, I bought a Sprinkles cupcake mix on clearance from Williams-Sonoma in the flavor of pumpkin. This fall, I decided to make it.

Sprinkles claims to be the first cupcake bakery ever, and "the progenitor of the haute cupcake craze" (what?), so I wanted to try one of their mixes. The pumpkin cupcakes turned out delicious, but the real star of the show was the Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting that I made using Sprinkles' recipe.