Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Gingerbread was always my brother’s favourite growing up. He loved my mother’s gingerbread with hard sauce…especially when it was still warm from the oven. It is the quintessential in a traditional Christmas dessert…filling the house with lovely fragrant smells that remind me of those childhood days.

I have updated our family gingerbread recipe into cupcakes with cream cheese frosting with red sugar sprinkles and the most adorable gingerbread men decorations for a fancy bakery look perfect for gift-giving or company or to make with kids.

This is our family recipe for gingerbread, and it makes delicious cupcakes too. The texture is heavy & dense and might not be as light and fluffy are you might expect in a cupcake, but they are wonderful nonetheless. They are fabulous with cream cheese frosting and can be made as mini-cupcakes for kids too.

Gingerbread Cupcakes

{makes 24 cupcakes}

Ingredients:

1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 cup molasses
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teapsoon salt
1 cup hot water

Cream Cheese Frosting
Red sugar sprinkles
Gingerbread decorations {Wilton}

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg. Mix well.
2. Add molasses to butter and sugar mixture and mix in.
3. Add dry ingredients. Mix.
4. Add hot water last and mix together.
5. Scoop batter into muffin pan lined with paper liners.
6. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until inserted toothpick comes clean.
7. Frost with favourite homemade or purchased cream cheese icing Sprinkle with red sugar and add a gingerbread man decoration.

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Comments

allisamazing says

November 23, 2013 at 1:01 am

I am adding the Gingerbread Cupcakes to my must try list! They sound delicious 🙂

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Grace @ Sense and Simplicity says

November 23, 2013 at 6:07 pm

Those look delicious. I love old-time recipes.

Virginia says

November 24, 2013 at 2:19 am

These cupcakes look SOOO delicious! Thanks for the great idea, my kids will love them!

Heather Nolan says

November 24, 2013 at 10:03 pm

Oh Angie! These cupcakes look so incredibly adorable 🙂

Heather Nolan says

November 24, 2013 at 10:03 pm

Oh Angie! These cupcakes look so incredibly adorable 🙂

חתולי8 says

November 30, 2013 at 12:44 am

The cupcakes look so yuuummmmm…
🙂

J. Hus says

December 13, 2013 at 6:05 am

Hi Angie,

Love this recipe! Can I use the recipe "as is" to make gingerbread cookies? Happy Holidays!
Jessica

Vera Zecevic says

December 15, 2013 at 1:44 pm

This is so cute, I love your idea of cupcake version instead the classic gingerbread.
I've featured this recipe on my blog, hoping that you don't mind, but if you do, please contact me and I'll remove it. All the best.