Sweet Potato Pie Cupcakes with Marshmallow Frosting.
True story: I have never eaten sweet potato pie.
I’ve never even seen a sweet potato pie.
I’ve never been in the same room as a sweet potato pie.
I’ve never tried to make my own sweet potato pie.
I’ve never even looked at a recipe for sweet potato pie.
The closest I’ve ever come to sweet potato pie is belting out James Taylor’s song (holy old school throwback vid) in my bathroom with the awesome echoing acoustics. Hairbrush = microphone, anyone??
But since I take pictures of my food and like to pretend that I know what I’m doing while giving all real chefs a bad name, I made sweet potato pie cupcakes.
Annnnd I think I should be given a gold star for making a dessert with a vegetable. Progress!
I’m really hoping one of you lovely fellows who have tasted sweet potato pie… or maybe those of you that are sweet potato pie connoisseurs… will make these cupcakes and tell me if I came anywhere close to sweet potato pie. I figure that sweet potato pie has sweet potatoes (duh), cinnamon, lots of sugar and then marshmallows? But I could totally be getting that screwed up with sweet potato casserole, in which case I just made a casserole cupcake. Which kind of sounds barfy.
These are anything but barfy, but I’m whiny and needy today and need reassurance.
Because… you know, eating a half dozen cupcakes in two days is not assuring enough. Help.
Sweet Potato Pie Cupcakes with Marshmallow Frosting
Ingredients
graham crust
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
cupcakes
- 1 1/3 cups loosely packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 6 ounces cooked, mashed sweet potato
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup milk
frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, 1 stick, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups marshmallow fluff
- 3 cups of powdered sugar
- 1-2 teaspoons milk, if needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cupcake tin with liners. In a small bowl, mix melted butter, sugar and graham cracker crumbs until moist, then press about 1/2-1 tablespoon of crumbs into the bottom of each liner.
- In a large bowl, whisk egg and sugar together until combined and no lumps remain. Add in vanilla extract and butter, then whisk in sweet potato. Add in flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, then add in milk and stir until combined and smooth. Drop about 1/4 cup of batter on top of each graham cracker crust. Bake for 15-17 minutes, or until cupcakes are set and spring back at the touch. Let cool completely before frosting.
- To make frosting: beat butter in the bowl of electric mixer until creamy. Add in fluff and beat for 2-3 minutes, then add in vanilla extract. With the mixer on low speed, add in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until fully incorporated. Once all the sugar has been added, beat on medium-high speed for 2-3 minutes. If mixture if too runny, add a bit more sugar. If it’s too thick, add a bit of milk one teaspoon at a time. Frost cupcakes and drizzle with caramel sauce and crushed cinnamon pecans.
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286 Comments on “Sweet Potato Pie Cupcakes with Marshmallow Frosting.”
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These are the best! I look forward to making them every fall! My favorite, and I always get compliments from others as well. Delicious!
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These were amazing!!! I used my homemade cream cheese icing on them and my family loved them. Awesome recipe!!
Made these last night and they are fantastic. Question, the “crust seemed to almost vanish into the cake. Did I do something wrong?
For the recipe will the sweet potato be flat if having no baking powder?
A smash hit with literally everyone who tried them!!!!!! Someone told me if this was the GBBO, Paul Hollywood would give this recipe a handshake. Only alterations I made were to use ginger snaps for the crust and I roasted my sweet potatoes so they caramelized a little before going into the batter! LOVE this!