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Small Batch Gingerbread Cupcakes

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Light and fluffy gingerbread cupcakes topped with a cream cheese frosting.
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Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Servings6 cupcakes
Calories523 kcal

Ingredients 

Gingerbread Cupcakes

  • 100 g all purpose flour (¾ c. + 1 tbsp.)
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. ground ginger
  • ¾ tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp. ground cloves
  • 75 g dark brown sugar (¼ c. + 2 tbsp.)
  • 41 g unsalted butter cubed, room temperature (3 tbsp.)
  • 30 g unsulphured molasses (2 tbsp.)
  • 32 g vegetable oil (2 ½ tbsp.)
  • 1 egg room temperature
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 60 g sour cream room temperature (¼ c.)
  • 30 g whole milk room temperature (2 tbsp.)

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 110 g cream cheese room temperature (½ c.)
  • 70 g unsalted butter room temperature (5 tbsp.)
  • ⅛ tsp. salt
  • 180 g powdered sugar (1 ½ c.)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Instructions 

Gingerbread Cupcakes

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F / 175°C. Line a muffin tin with six parchment liners.
  • Add the flour, baking powder, salt, spices, sugar, and cubed room temperature butter into a medium sized mixing bowl. Beat the mixture together with a hand or stand mixer until no large clumps of butter remain.
  • Add in the molasses, oil, egg, vanilla, sour cream and milk. Whisk the mixture together just until a cohesive batter forms.
  • Portion out the cupcakes into the six parchment liners. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcakes comes out with only a few moist crumbs on it.
  • Allow the cupcakes to completely cool down to room temperature before frosting them.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • In a small mixing bowl, beat together the butter, cream cheese, and salt until the mixture is smooth. Then, slowly beat in the powdered sugar, followed by the vanilla.
  • Top the cupcakes with the cream cheese frosting. If you want to decorate the cupcakes like the photos (optional), pour some crushed walnuts on to a plate, then turn the cupcakes on their sides and roll the frosting on the walnuts. Top with a little gingerbread cookie, then serve and enjoy!

Notes

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Nutrition

Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 523kcalCarbohydrates: 61gProtein: 4gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 92mgSodium: 289mgPotassium: 173mgFiber: 1gSugar: 47gVitamin A: 820IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 117mgIron: 1mg