Gingerbread Cupcakes
Gingerbread cupcakes are flavored with warm spices, brown sugar, and molasses, and they taste like an old-fashioned gingerbread cake. Frost these spiced cupcakes with cream cheese icing or buttercream.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
- Category: Desserts, Cakes, Cupcakes
- Method: Bake
Ingredients
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- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (8 ounces)
- 3/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/2 cup butter (4 ounces)
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 F.
- Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and salt. Whisk to blend dry ingredients thoroughly.
- In a saucepan, combine the water, molasses, and 1/2 cup of butter. Place the pan over medium heat and cook until butter is melted and the mixture just begins to simmer, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat.
- Whisk the hot mixture into the dry ingredients until blended. Whisk in the lightly beaten egg until the batter is smooth and well blended.
- Fill the 12 lined muffin cups about two-thirds full, distributing the batter evenly.
- Bake for about 20 minutes, or until the cupcakes are firm and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of a cupcake.
- Cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then remove the cupcakes to a rack to cool completely.
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