Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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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



gingerbread cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

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Silicone Baking Pans! They make these gingerbread cupcakes come out perfect every time...

Silicone makes baking way easier. It cooks much easier, and the muffins/cupcakes come out of the tray much easier. Give 'em a try!

what the gingerbread cupcakes look like when they're done

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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.

gingerbread cupcakes dry mixture



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.

milk and baking soda mixture



4. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until lightly springy to the touch. Cool in the pan and move to a rack.

cook the gingerbread cupcakes


gingerbread cupcakes



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.

cream cheese frosting mix

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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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    stargazer00 stargazer00 Jan 17, 2009 @ 9:39 pm
    Oh boy do these look good! I want to try one of those silicone pans. Yummy lens!
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    flighty02 flighty02 Jan 12, 2009 @ 3:41 am
    Gingerbread is not just for the holidays :-) These look totally yummy!
    Lovely lens, thank you for adding it to 'The Cooks Cafe' group.
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    JudyDunn JudyDunn Dec 19, 2008 @ 2:08 pm
    Yum! Love the ones with the Christmas decorations. :-)
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    JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Dec 18, 2008 @ 12:02 pm
    Ah, the holidays with gingerbread - yumm! And, cream cheese icing sure does top it off.
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    chefkeem chefkeem Dec 12, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
    I really couldn't help it but bless this page with these delectable morsels. Wonderful, wonderful! :)
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    ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Nov 18, 2008 @ 8:12 pm
    The cupcakes look delicious and I haven't had dinner yet. I guess I'll start with desert.
    Great lens!
    Lizzy
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    Mortira Mortira Nov 13, 2008 @ 12:55 am
    Sounds delicious! I will definately have to try this recipe. You get a vote up on Squidoo Home for the Holidays. 5 stars, too!
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    Intuitive Intuitive Nov 10, 2008 @ 9:18 pm
    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
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    Intuitive Intuitive Nov 6, 2008 @ 2:00 pm
    Yummy! I didn't know about the silicone cupcake molds. I've lensrolled you on my Gingerbread recipes lens. 5*
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    The_Party_Animal The_Party_Animal Oct 15, 2008 @ 10:50 am
    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
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    rms rms Oct 13, 2008 @ 7:03 am
    This great lens is being featured today at the Cabaret Squidoo Blog! http://www.cabaretsquidoo.com
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    rms rms Aug 31, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
    Thank you for joining the Cute Little Cupcakes and Tasty Treats group!
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    Susan52 Susan52 Aug 14, 2008 @ 1:08 pm
    Yum! The lemon extract in the frosting sounds perfect to go with the gingerbread. Love the lens!
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    KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Aug 4, 2008 @ 1:34 pm
    Delicious! Welcome to Culinary Favorites From A to Z.

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