Chocolate Muffins with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting

INGREDIENTS

2 cups

all-purpose flour

1 cup

cocoa (I recommend a dark cocoa, I used Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa)

1 tsp

baking powder

1/2 tsp

baking soda

1 tsp

salt

2 sticks

unsalted butter, room temperature

3 cups

sugar

2 tsp

vanilla extract

eggs

1 cup

buttermilk

1 stick

butter, softened

8 oz

cream cheese

3 1/2 cups

powdered sugar

1 tsp

vanilla

1 1/2 tsp

cinnamon

1/4 tsp

ginger

1/2 tsp

nutmeg

1/2 cup

pumpkin puree