Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Really these started based solely on cute cupcake wrappers. Is that ridiculous?

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

They are cute though, right?

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

And the fact that I just love gingerbread! The cookies are really nice- but the cakey bread stuff? One of my favorites around this time of year. The smell, the texture- all of it.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

And I really tried to take all of those things and bake them into little cupcake sized packages of Holiday joy!

Theya re topped with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting (which I always say is for people who don’t typically love cream cheese frosting- which I don’t) But it is the perfect touch of tanginess with these sweet, moist and tender cupcakes.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

I feel like they would be really great for class parties or dessert with friends and family. My lucky little girls even got them in their lunch box this week…

To make these cupcakes, this is what you do:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cupcake pan with baking cups.

In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs and combine well.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

In a separate bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients, and then add them to the batter and combine well.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Add the molasses and the buttermilk and beat until you have a nice fluffy batter.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Scoop the batter into the muffin liners in the muffin tin. (ignore my muffin liners on the sheet pan)

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Bake the cupcakes at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

While the cupcakes are cooling, prepare the frosting.

Top the cupcakes with frosting and decorate with sprinkles if desired.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Recipe: Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Summary: makes 1 dozen

Ingredients

  • -1 cup butter, softened
  • -1 ½ cups sugar
  • -3 eggs
  • -1 ½ cups flour
  • -2 teaspoons baking powder
  • -1 ½ tablespoons ginger
  • -2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • -½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • -½ teaspoon salt
  • -¼ cup molasses
  • -1/3 cup buttermilk
  • Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cupcake pan with baking cups.
  2. 2. In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy.
  3. 3. Add the eggs and combine well.
  4. 4. In a separate bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients, and then add them to the batter and combine well.
  5. 5. Add the molasses and the buttermilk and beat until you have a nice fluffy batter.
  6. 6. Scoop the batter into the prepared pan.
  7. 7. Bake the cupcakes at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
  8. 8. While the cupcakes are cooling, prepare the frosting.
  9. 9. Top the cupcakes with frosting and decorate with sprinkles if desired.

Preparation time: 15 minute(s)

Cooking time: 25 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 12

 

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Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Really these started based solely on cute cupcake wrappers. Is that ridiculous?

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

They are cute though, right?

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

And the fact that I just love gingerbread! The cookies are really nice- but the cakey bread stuff? One of my favorites around this time of year. The smell, the texture- all of it.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

And I really tried to take all of those things and bake them into little cupcake sized packages of Holiday joy!

Theya re topped with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting (which I always say is for people who don’t typically love cream cheese frosting- which I don’t) But it is the perfect touch of tanginess with these sweet, moist and tender cupcakes.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

I feel like they would be really great for class parties or dessert with friends and family. My lucky little girls even got them in their lunch box this week…

To make these cupcakes, this is what you do:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cupcake pan with baking cups.

In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs and combine well.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

In a separate bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients, and then add them to the batter and combine well.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Add the molasses and the buttermilk and beat until you have a nice fluffy batter.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Scoop the batter into the muffin liners in the muffin tin. (ignore my muffin liners on the sheet pan)

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Bake the cupcakes at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

While the cupcakes are cooling, prepare the frosting.

Top the cupcakes with frosting and decorate with sprinkles if desired.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Recipe: Gingerbread Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Summary: makes 1 dozen

Ingredients

  • -1 cup butter, softened
  • -1 ½ cups sugar
  • -3 eggs
  • -1 ½ cups flour
  • -2 teaspoons baking powder
  • -1 ½ tablespoons ginger
  • -2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • -½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • -½ teaspoon salt
  • -¼ cup molasses
  • -1/3 cup buttermilk
  • Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cupcake pan with baking cups.
  2. 2. In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy.
  3. 3. Add the eggs and combine well.
  4. 4. In a separate bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients, and then add them to the batter and combine well.
  5. 5. Add the molasses and the buttermilk and beat until you have a nice fluffy batter.
  6. 6. Scoop the batter into the prepared pan.
  7. 7. Bake the cupcakes at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
  8. 8. While the cupcakes are cooling, prepare the frosting.
  9. 9. Top the cupcakes with frosting and decorate with sprinkles if desired.

Preparation time: 15 minute(s)

Cooking time: 25 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 12