I think this has been through a few adaptations, I found it on , but the original came from famed Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World. This version works out well, the cupcakes are a little muffin-like (dense), not quite the airy cake texture you might expect, but they're very very tasty. With a topping of some simple icing (I flavoured my icing with maple extract), they make a fantastic fall treat. A few other frosting suggestions include the one in Canadian Maple Walnut Layer Cake With Fudge Frosting or the penuche from Nanny's Pumpkin Cookies With Maple Penuche Frosting. Even my children, who normally run screaming from anything made of pumpkin, enjoyed these. BTW, you could add some pumpkin pie spice to this if you have some on hand (1/2 tsp).