Make-a-Cake Series: Thanksgiving Day Cupcakes
Posted by Ashley 
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Brittany always creates the most delicious things.
………and then again next week for Thanksgiving. Yum.
- Act as a festive name card on the table.
- A really delicious treat to share with all attending.
- Saves time by not needing to dish up dessert after dinner.
This thanksgiving we are having….
with Cream Cheese Frosting and Toasted Walnuts.
I have a favorite Thanksgiving dessert. It’s pumpkin cheesecake with caramel sauce. I enjoy it every year but its always hard to serve and takes a long time to make. It’s worth it, but I decided that by turning those similar flavors into cupcakes this year, it would save me some time ……….and they’re cute too!
After I put the cupcakes all together, I took a bite and all the flavors of my favorite dessert came together.
In that moment, I decided they were even better in cupcake form!
I think I have a new favorite Thanksgiving dessert!
Maybe you’ll love it too……especially all of those delicious fall flavors. The pumpkin, walnuts, caramel and cream cheese all rolled into a fantastic cupcake, will not disappoint.
Now onto the part where you can make your own.
Name Cards
I used the cupcakes as name cards. You can do first initials like I did or whole names. It’s up to you.
**Cut your letters from fondant and let them dry for 24 hours on a cornstarch coated sheet pan.
2 eggs
Make the cream cheese frosting from this post.
How much frosting you need will depend on how many cupcakes you made.
Set one at each place.
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These are soo cute! I was JUST looking at cupcakes and cake pops, decided what I'm going to make for Thanksgiving this year!
those look SO delicious! I'm going to have to bookmark this idea!
Oh these are so cute and look like they taste pretty yummy! Love the clear glass touch.
ok…these look amazing! i can't wait to try them out!
Oh, these look so yummy! Next month I'm making dinosaur cakes for my twin boy's birthday. I did them last year and I'm going to try this year with fondant. I wondered if you could give me any tips or knew where I could find a cute pattern at. Thanks, Heidi
These are absolutely adorable! And caramel soaked anything is awesome. This is the first year my family is hosting Thanksgiving and I'm going a bit crazy with it so this will be a perfect addition :)
That sounds delicious :) Thanks for posting
These are so cute! What a great idea!
Thank you! I needed a fantastic cupcake idea for this weekend. This is perfect!
I cannot wait to try these this weekend! Cupcakes are my favorite things to bring to any gathering and these couldn't be anymore perfect for the Thanksgiving Holiday and other gatherings!!! Thanks so much!
P.S. I am a new follower and I have found so many things that I LOVE on your site, you have fabulous ideas!!!!!
Of course I see this today, when I was looking for a yummy pumpkin cupcake recipe for the hubby's birthday yesterday! Can't wait to try these out! They sound AMAZING!
Caramel in a cupcake? I need these in my belly!
OK, I've never seen cupcakes in little glass cups, but they're adorable like that! And they sound delicious.
I need a good buttercream frosting recipe to frost my cake before I put fondant on it. Any suggestions?
I made these last night and they are totally yummy!!! The recipe for the frosting made enough for two batches of cupcakes so I made another set today. Soooooo Good : )
Love it! And they look so yummy. I spotted on One Pretty Thing and I linked, too (ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com). Hope that's OK :)
Being able to design my own designs for decorating my bags is wonderful. Finally not being dictated by precuts.
I would use the machine to decorate my less than exciting laundry room walls! lol
These look so good!.They are in my oven now.. I hope I did this right..no eggs? ok and they looked like they needed to bake a little longer…Anything with caramel and cream cheese frosting has to be great! Love your blog. jeanie@zeigle.com
Anonymous – I'm so sorry about that the eggs being left out in the recipe. Brittany is out of town but I got a hold of her to ask her and I fixed the recipe. It should read 2 eggs. I hope that didn't mess you up too much!
Ashley
YUM! I can't wait to make these! Will they keep overnight if I make them ahead of time?
These look sooooooo beautiful. When I make these I may have to stare at them for a while before tasting them! Thanks for the great recipe.
These look yummy. Thanks for all your great how tos.
Teresa
Hi, it's me again.. I made them without the eggs ( o; ..everyone gobbled them up at work..so.. not a disaster! I will make a note on my recipe.. thanks for replying..Happy Holidays! jeanie@zeigle.com
I GOT ALLL THE INGREDiENTS! Im so excited to do this for tomorrow despite not doing a dress rehearsal lol.
Is it better to complete these tonight or before I head out?
oh, and i accidentally bought pecans instead is this ok???