Pumpkin Spice Cup
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Pumpkin Spice Cup made with pumpkin sponge cake and whipped cream cheese, decorated with macarons. It is a unique dessert that is simple to make at home. You will love this recipe.

Why You’ll Love This Dessert
- Dessert could be assembled in a chocolate cup or glass cup like No Bake Cheesecake or Strawberry Panna Cotta.
- All steps to assemble this dessert could be done ahead of time. The final step is to make whipped cream and assemble the Pumpkin Cup.
- This is a unique dessert, and your friends and family will be impressed with this presentation. Check also Kartoshka Dessert or Egg Shaped Macarons.
How to make this recipe
- Bake pumpkin sponge cake. You can bake sponge cake a few days before assembling dessert. Cover the sponge in plastic wrap and keep it in the refrigerator until use.
- Make cups from chocolate. Temper dark or milk chocolate and make cups. Use good quality chocolate like Callebaut. You can skip this step and use glass cups.
- Make Pumpkin Spice Latte or Chocolate Macarons. For the recipe and how to make macarons, please check my separate post.
- Prepare whipped Pumpkin spice cream. This cream needs to be made right before assembling the dessert.
- Assemble the Pumpkin Spice Cup dessert. Get everything ready and only then assemble dessert. I used Wilton 1M pipping tip to pipe whipped cream.
Expert Tips
- Dessert can be assembled and served in a regular glass if you don’t want to make a chocolate cup.
- Pumpkin sponge cake can be replaced with a regular cake.
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Recipe FAQs
How to store these Pumpkin Spice Cups?
Store Pumpkin Spice Cup in the refrigerator for 72 hours.
Can I freeze Cups?
I would not recommend freezing this dessert. This dessert disappears very fast from the table.
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Recipe
Pumpkin Spice Cup
Pumpkin Spice Cup made with pumpkin sponge cake and whipped cream cheese in chocolate cup, decorated with macarons.
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer or electric hand mixer
Ingredients
Pumpkin Sponge cake
- 180 gr (1 and 1/2 cup) all-purpose flour
- 5 gr (1 teaspoon) baking powder
- 5 gr (1 teaspoon) pumpkin spice powder
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 100 gr (1/2 cup) white granulated sugar
- 50 gr (1/4cup) brown light sugar
- 50 gr (1/4 cup) vegitable oil
- 150 gr (2/3 cup) pumpkin puree
Whipped Pumpkin Spice Cream
- 226 gr (8oz) cream cheese cold
- 346 gr (1 and 1/2 cup) heavy whipping cream cold
- 130 gr (1 cup) powdered sugar
- 5 gr (1 teaspoon) pumpkin spice powder
Instructions
Pumpkin Sponge Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit degrees. Line up baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In the large mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and pumpkin pie spice powder. Set aside.
- In a separate mixingbowl whisk eggs with sugars untill its fluffy. Add vegitable oil and pumpkin puree. Whisk again untill well combined.
- Add dry ingredients and fold with the spatula. Do not overmix.
- Transfer batter into baking sheet and level up with the spatula.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes or untill toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Let cool for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Whipped Pumpkin Spice Cream
- In the mixing bowl of stand mixer with pedal attachment, add cream cheese.
- Beat cream cheese on the medium speed for 1-2 minutes or untill cream cheese is smooth and free of lumps.
- Add sifted powdered sugar and pumpkin spice powder. Beat again for a few seconds.
- Slowly drizzle in about 1/4 cup of heavy cream and beat on medium speed untill the cream cheese resembles a liquid mixture.
- Continue to add the remaining heavy cream and beat untill stiff peaks form.
- Use immediately and keep refrigerated.
Notes
Get all ingredients and tools ready before baking.Â
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupCalories: 1090kcalCarbohydrates: 115gProtein: 14gFat: 66gSaturated Fat: 34gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gMonounsaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 237mgSodium: 373mgPotassium: 347mgFiber: 3gSugar: 75gVitamin A: 7992IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 242mgIron: 4mg
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