Sweet Potato Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for Thanksgiving and they seemed to be a big hit!

2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup softened butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1 ~ 17.2 oz can sweet potatoes (mashed)

1/2 tsp vanilla

orange zest

Cream cheese icing recipe

8 oz. pkg softened cream cheese

2/3 cup butter

2 T milk

8 cups powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line cupcake pan with 24 paper liners.

2. Stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt then set aside.

3. Beat butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds, add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at the time. Then add sweet potatoes and vanilla. Add flour mixture a little at the time until combined.

4. Divide batter into cupcake liners. I found that an ice cream scoop works great.

5. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool completely.

6. Pipe cream cheese icing on top and sprinkle with orange zest. I also topped my cupcakes with a pecan.

My nephew, Enzo sure seemed to enjoy his cupcake!