Gingerbread is amazing so when I came across this recipe for fresh gingerbread cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting I was hooked the flavour of the gingerbread with the cool cream cheese frosting sounds so delicious that I certainly will be making a batch of these cakes
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Here below is the ingredients you will need from the website and the video tutorial to watch from YouTube
Fresh Gingerbread Cupcakes
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Author: Hot Chocolate Hits
Serves: 12 Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- ½ cup (110 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ (100 g) cup sugar (brown, granulated or Demerara all work great)
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup (120 mL) molasses or black treacle
- 3 tbsp (50 g) freshly grated ginger, packed
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ⅔ cup (160 mL) Guinness (water or buttermilk can be substituted for a non-alcoholic version)
- 1 and ⅓ cup (170 g) all-purpose flour
For the icing:
- ½ cup (110 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (110 g) cream cheese (a firm kind, try to avoid an easily spreadable one)
- 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups (240 g) icing sugar
The full recipe from hotchocolatehits.com is found in the box below
