Comments on: First Pumpkin Recipe of the Season! Double Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:01:21 +0000

I found your recipes when I was searching the internet for something sweet to make with half a pumpkin that wasn’t pumpkin pie! I grew my own pumpkins last year and I was using up the last one to make soup, but it was enormous so I only used half of it. I’d already chopped the whole thing so I wanted something I could bake with the ingredients I already had in the house, so I decided to give this recipe a go. I live in England and we don’t use pumpkins very much at all, basically they’re in the shops for a couple of weeks around Halloween and that’s it, and it’s pretty much impossible to buy canned pumpkin puree here, so I boiled the pumpkin and then liquidised it to make the puree, and I had to make a few other substitutions for things I didn’t have – I used creme fraiche instead of yogurt, dark brown sugar instead of light, and cake flour doesn’t exist here so I just used plain white flour. I also left them in the oven for about 10 minutes extra. The cupcakes rose beautifully in the oven but then sank in the middle when I took them out, and when we ate them (still warm – we couldn’t wait!) we discovered that they were quite gooey in the middle – no bad thing, just unexpected! I’m looking forward to seeing what they’re like when they’re cold and have frosting on them. Thanks for the recipe!

By: Germaine

Germaine — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:20:52 +0000

I’m going to make this cake for my granny’s birthday!
May I use mascarpone cheese instead of cream cheese for the frosting? What adjustments should I make or do I simply replace one for the other?

By: SippitySup

SippitySup — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:51:07 +0000

I just came across this because I was searching for chocolate pumpkin recipes. Some how I missed it back in Oct! Glad I found it now. Thanks for the inspiration. You be happy to know this recipe come up first in google when I typed chocolate pumpkin recipe GREG

By: Charity

Charity — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:13:52 +0000

I love chocolate, and I love pumpkin… so this recipe looked like a slice of heaven to me! I tried them out last week and they were a hit! I brought them to a work baby shower and I had one lady come up and hug me she loved them so much! I’ve never had that happen before I saved a couple for my boyfriend’s parents – who I was meeting for the first time – and I am pretty sure that was the icing on the cake (pun intended) for winning them over! I want to try this again and do it as a loaf – any thoughts on how long it should cook for?

More pumpkin recipes please!

@Allie – would love to know how much pumpkin is used for the box chocolate cake… that sounds great!

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:12:40 +0000

I made these for a pumpkin contest at work, and they were a big hit! So, thanks for the recipe! I made them last night, iced them, put on the candy corn, and stashed them into tupperware. By this morning the candy corns had kinda melted and it looks like they pee-ed on top of my cupcakes. Bummer! I just covered up the ‘juice’ with another candy corn, so all was well, but if you make these put the candy corns on at the last minute.

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