Gingerbread Cupcakes

Gingerbread sponge, gingerbread buttercream and fondant gingerbread men

Course Dessert

Cuisine British

Keyword Cupcake

Prep Time 45 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings

Calories 461kcal

Author thebakingexplorer

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

100 g Butter or baking spread
100 g Light brown sugar
115 g Golden syrup
35 g Black treacle (also known as molasses)
2 Eggs large
125 ml Milk
200 g Self raising flour
1 tbsp Ground ginger
1 tsp Mixed spice

For the buttercream

200 g Butter
400 g Icing sugar
1 ½ tsp Vanilla
1 ½ tsp Ground ginger
½ tbsp Milk optional, if the buttercream needs loosening

For the decoration

Gingerbread man fondant shapes optional
Sprinkles optional

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4, and line a cupcake tin with cases
Melt the butter, golden syrup, light brown sugar and black treacle together in a pan on a low heat. Once it is all melted and combined, leave to cool for 10 minutes
Whisk the eggs and milk together in a mixing bowl
Slowly pour the butter and syrup mixture into the eggs, whisking as you pour, until everything is combined
In another bowl, stir together the self raising flour, ground ginger and mixed spice
Slowly pour the egg and butter mixture into the flour, whisking as your pour, until everything is combined
Divide the mixture equally between the cupcakes cases
Bake them for 20-25 minutes until they are golden brown or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, remove them from the tin and place them on a cooling rack to cool down fully
To make the buttercream use an electric hand mixer to beat together the butter, icing sugar, vanilla extract and ground ginger until smooth. You may need to add a splash of milk to loosen it, depending on the type of butter you use
Pipe or spread the buttercream onto the cupcakes, then add gingerbread man icing shapes and sprinkles if desired
Leftovers will keep in an airtight container in a cool place for 2-3 days

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Notes

Mixed spice is a British spice blend containing Cinnamon, Coriander Seed, Nutmeg, Clove, Pimento, Ginger. If you can't get hold of it, use a Pumpkin Spice mix instead

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