Make up a Batch of Festive, Spicy Gingerbread Cupcakes for your Next Party!
Cupcakes are a hit all year, so change it up this year for the holidays with this festive recipe for Gingerbread Cupcakes !
Spicy, moist, and perfect for a party. They're also simple to make and easy to eat! It's gingerbread combined with cream cheese frosting, so don't expect these to stick around long...
Ingredients for Gingerbread Cupcakes
Only a few ingredients required for this holiday classic recipe!
- 6 tablespoons unsalted softened butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup unsulfured molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon Cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup hot milk
- 2 tablespoons unsalted softened butter
- 2 ounces softened cream cheese 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
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You can make your cupcakes a little more interesting by adding sprinkles, colored icing, cinnamon, nutmeg, and colored wrappers. Kids love this part.
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Directions for Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
The best part is these cupcakes look hard to make but they're not!
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter or line with paper liners a 12 muffin tin.
2. Cream 5 tablespoons of the butter with the white sugar. Add the molasses and the egg and the egg yolk.
Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and salt.
3. Dissolve the baking soda in the hot milk. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until just combined. Stir in the hot milk mixture. Pour the batter evenly into the prepared muffin tin.
4. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until lightly springy to the touch. Cool in the pan and move to a rack.
5. To make frosting: Cream the 2 tablespoons butter and cream cheese, beat in confectioners sugar until fluffy. Add the lemon extract. Wait until the cupcakes are cool, then frost.
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These are best served at room temperature. Cold air tends to dry out these deserts quickly, so try to avoid very cold temperatures.
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Tell us what you think of this Gingerbread Cupcake recipe!
stargazer00 wrote...
Oh boy do these look good! I want to try one of those silicone pans. Yummy lens!
Posted January 17, 2009
flighty02 wrote...
Gingerbread is not just for the holidays :-) These look totally yummy!
Lovely lens, thank you for adding it to 'The Cooks Cafe' group.
Posted January 12, 2009
JaguarJulie wrote...
Ah, the holidays with gingerbread - yumm! And, cream cheese icing sure does top it off.
Posted December 18, 2008
chefkeem wrote...
I really couldn't help it but bless this page with these delectable morsels. Wonderful, wonderful! :)
Posted December 12, 2008
ElizabethJeanAllen wrote...
The cupcakes look delicious and I haven't had dinner yet. I guess I'll start with desert.
Great lens!
Lizzy
Posted November 18, 2008
Mortira wrote...
Sounds delicious! I will definately have to try this recipe. You get a vote up on Squidoo Home for the Holidays. 5 stars, too!
Posted November 13, 2008
Intuitive wrote...
I've been so inspired by gingerbread that I've created a Gingerbread group. I've already featured this lens and would like to invite you to add it to the group. http://www.squidoo.com/groups/gingerbread
Posted November 10, 2008
Intuitive wrote...
Yummy! I didn't know about the silicone cupcake molds. I've lensrolled you on my Gingerbread recipes lens. 5*
Posted November 06, 2008
The_Party_Animal wrote...
Great info and so yummy - post your lens on my Squidoo Home for the Holidays under: Holiday Cooking - http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo-home-for-the-holidays
Posted October 15, 2008
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Posted October 13, 2008
rms wrote...
Thank you for joining the Cute Little Cupcakes and Tasty Treats group!
Posted August 31, 2008
Susan52 wrote...
Yum! The lemon extract in the frosting sounds perfect to go with the gingerbread. Love the lens!
Posted August 14, 2008
KimGiancaterino wrote...
Delicious! Welcome to Culinary Favorites From A to Z.
Posted August 04, 2008
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