How To Make These Holiday Lights Gingerbread Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

Cupcakes are so great to make over the holidays so here for you is an amazing gingerbread cupcake recipe with a soft cream cheese frosting , these cupcakes look so cute with the Christmas lights decoration on them that you just have to give this recipe a go

When I came across this recipe from Honeysuckle on YouTube I was so impressed with the way these cupcakes look so thanks for sharing this recipe with us

Here below is a list of the ingredients you will need to make these cupcakes plus the video to watch all from the YouTube channel

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First I’ll start with my dry ingredients. In a bowl, I’ll Combine

1½ cups flour,
1 tsp baking soda,
2 tsp ground cinnamon,
2 tsp ginger,
¼ tsp cloves,
¼ nutmeg, and
½ tsp kosher salt.

 

I’ll whisk them all together and set the mixture aside.
Now for the wet ingredients. In my mixer’s bowl, I’ll beat

½ cup butter at room temp with
½ cup packed brown sugar until it’s light and fluffy.

Now, I’ll beat in

1 egg, then pour in
½ cup molasses and
½ cup water.

The molasses will give it that dark color, while balancing the spice with the sweetness.

Finally, I”ll add my dry ingredients into the bowl and mix everything until it combines.

This is a great time to preheat my oven to 350ºF.

I’ll fill my cupcake pan with liners then add the batter about ⅔ of the way up.

Once the oven is ready, I’ll bake the cupcakes for 15-17 minutes or until they come out clean when tested with a toothpick. I’ll let them cool completely while I work on my cream cheese frosting.

A cream cheese frosting would pair perfectly with these Gingerbread cupcakes. First, in mymixing bowl, I’ll add

1 pack of cream cheese – 8 oz. and
¼ cup of and mix it on medium speed until it’s nice and fluffy.

Then add the vanilla extract and continue beating it for another minute. Slowly add the pinch of salt and gradually (bit by bit) the powdered sugar, and continue beating it until everything’s mixed together.

Once my cupcakes have completely cooled, I’ll pipe them with my cream cheese frosting. Feel free to double the frosting recipe if you like a lot of frosting on your cupcakes – it goes pretty fast! Now, to add a decorative touch: I’ll take this black frosting pen and draw a line around the frosting. Now, I’ll take my silver sprinkles and place them around the string about an inch or so apart.

Finally, i’m using mini m&m’s and will put them right below the silver sprinkles, sideways into the frosting. I’ll take a yellow m&m and put it on top and voila! Can you tell what this looks like? They’re Holiday Lights! Check out my festive and colorful cupcake! How cute are these? Too cute to eat. Yah right—not for me… Let’s give it a try! 🙂

The cupcake is moist and light, full of those cozy winter spices that I love, and that creamy tangy cream cheese frosting is the perfect complement. Each bite also has a bit of chocolate from the m&m lights. Tis the season. I hope you enjoy this recipe and be sure to tag me in your photo if you give it a try! Happy Holidays! Byeee!

Original recipe source: Honeysuckle