Pumpkin Ginger Cupcakes

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners. Whisk together the flour pudding mix baking soda salt cinnamon ground ginger allspice cloves and crystallized ginger in a bowl; set aside.

Beat the butter white sugar and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the eggs one at a time allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in the vanilla and pumpkin puree with the last egg. Stir in the flour mixture mixing until just incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin cups.

Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed about 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.