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Gingerbread Cupcakes with Molasses Frosting

Course: Cupcakes, Desserts, Holiday Recipes
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Calories:
Author: Terri

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes

For the Frosting

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° and add paper liners to cupcake tins.

For the Cupcakes

  • In a medium mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice together. Set aside.
  • In a small saucepan, heat milk and brown sugar together just until sugar is melted and is lukewarm.
  • With another small saucepan, heat molasses and corn syrup until lukewarm as well.
  • While both pans are cooling down a bit, cut cold butter into small pieces, add to flour mixture, and use pasty blender until mixture is fine crumbles.
  • Once both pans have cooled to luke warm, add milk mixture, whisk until blended then add molasses mixture. Stir.
  • Add egg and whisk until well Incorporated.
  • Pour into cupcake liners, ⅔ full, and bake for 20-22 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let cool completely on baking rack.
  • Once cooled, place into container, cover and store overnight so the tops will get sticky.

For the Frosting

  • In a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter together until creamy.
  • Add vanilla, cinnamon and molasses, mix well.
  • Slowly add powdered sugar and beat until creamy.
  • Refrigerate frosting until chilled then frost cupcakes once they have sat overnight.