Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
Total Time: 01h 00m
Hands-on Time: 00h 40m
Makes: 1 serving
Bring all the sweetest flavors together in this organic gingerbread cupcakes recipe — topped with vanilla cream cheese frosting and a sprinkle of cinnamon for irresistible goodness.
Makes 12 cupcakes or 24 mini cupcakes.
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Ingredients
- FOR THE CUPCAKES:
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons Simply Organic® Cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons Simply Organic® Ground Ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon Simply Organic® Ground Cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon Simply Organic® Nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk, divided
- FOR THE FROSTING:
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, warmed to room temperature
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons Simply Organic® Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Simply Organic® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin pan with baking cups.
- Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together melted butter, brown sugar, molasses and egg.
- Add 1/4 cup milk and half the dry ingredients mixture to the wet ingredients mixture. Add remaining dry ingredients and remaining milk. Mix until well combined.
- Pour batter into baking cups. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Remove cupcakes from oven and cool on a rack for at least 30 minutes.
- In a small mixing bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy.
- Add powdered sugar, cinnamon and vanilla.
- Add milk, a tablespoon at a time, until the frosting is just spreadable (take care not to add too much milk). If the frosting is warm, cover and place in the refrigerator for a few minutes before frosting the cupcakes.
- Once the cupcakes are completely cooled, fill a piping bag with frosting and pipe large swirls onto the tops of each cupcake. Lightly sprinkle cinnamon on top of frosting for decoration.
