Gingerbread Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Bring in the holidays with our Gingerbread Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting. Delicious - melt in your mouth and that Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting..!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Gingerbread Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings -12

Calories 347kcal

Author Kathleen

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

1 1/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 Teaspoon Dried Ground Ginger
1 Teaspoon Dried Ground Cinnamon
1/4 Teaspoon Dried Ground Cloves
1/2 Teaspoon Dried Ground Allspice
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Cup Unsalted Butter at Room Temperature
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Unsulfured Molasses
1 Egg Large
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda

Frosting:

8 Ounces Cream Cheese at Room Temperature
1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
1/4 Cup Unsalted Butter at Room Temperature
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Teaspoon Freshly Grated Lemon Zest
2 Teaspoon Fresh Lemon Juice
Mini Gingerbread Men Cookies
Crystallized Ginger Chopped

Instructions

Cupcakes: Into a bowl sift together the flour, the ground ginger, the cinnamon, the cloves, the allspice, and the salt.
In another bowl cream 1/2 stick of the butter, add the granulated sugar, and beat the mixture until it is fluffy. Beat in the molasses and the egg, beating until the mixture is smooth.
In a measuring cup combine the baking soda with 1/2 cup boiling water and stir the mixture until the baking soda is dissolved.
Stir the mixture into the molasses mixture (the mixture will appear curdled) and stir the molasses mixture.
Stir the molasses mixture into the flour mixture, stirring to combine the ingredients well.
Line twelve 1/2-cup muffin tins with paper liners and pour the batter into the liners, filling them evenly with all the batter.
Bake the cupcakes in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 20 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. (The cupcakes will be flat or slightly indented on top.) Transfer the cupcakes to a rack and let them cool.
Frosting: In a bowl cream together the cream and cheese, softened butter until smooth.
Add the confectioners' sugar and the vanilla, and beat the mixture until it is fluffy and smooth.
Beat in the zest and the lemon juice and chill the frosting for 30 minutes. Spread or pipe the frosting on the cupcakes and top each cupcake with some of the crystallized ginger.
Source: Slightly Adapted From Epicurious

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