Small-Batch Vanilla Cupcakes with Pumpkin Spice Frosting

INGREDIENTS

large egg (room temperature)

1/2 cup

buttermilk

1/2 cup

vegetable oil or canola oil

2 tsp

vanilla extract

3/4 cup

granulated sugar

1 1/4 cups

all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp

baking powder

1/4 tsp

salt

4 tbsp

butter (softened at room temperature)

1/2 cup

pure pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)

1 tsp

pumpkin pie spice**

5 cups

confectioners sugar