Ginger Cupcakes Food

GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line 12-count muffin pan with cupcake liners. Set aside.
• In a large bowl using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and brown sugar together on medium speed until creamy. Beat in the egg until combined, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Beat in the milk, molasses, and vanilla on medium speed. Mixture will be piecey and not fully combined. That's ok.
• In a medium bowl, toss the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice together until combined. With the mixer running on low speed, slowly pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed.
• Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full, no more. Bake for 19-21 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
• Prepare cream cheese frosting. Frost cooled cupcakes immediately before serving. Unfrosted cupcakes remain fresh covered tightly at room temperature for 2 days. Store frosted cupcakes in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days and allow to come to room temperature before serving.

GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix the flour, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl until well combined.
• Whisk molasses and hot water together.
• Cream the margarine and sugar. Whip the mixture with the optional egg until light and fluffy.
• Add part of the molasses mixture and part of the margarine and sugar mixture to the dry ingredients. Begin to combine. As the ingredients come together, add more of the margarine mixture and more of the molasses mixture until everything has been incorporated. Whisk to remove lumps, but do not over-mix.
• Pour the batter evenly into cupcake molds (you should get an even dozen, just fill them almost to the top).
• Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean, or the top of the cake, when touched, springs back. Let cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
• Prepare frosting by beating all of the frosting ingredients in a stand mixer until well combined and fluffy. Frost cupcakes and enjoy!

GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES WITH ORANGE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with paper liners.
• Place the rum and raisins in a small pan, cover, and heat until the rum boils. Turn off the heat and set aside. Place the butter and molasses in another small pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Pour the mixture into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cool for 5 minutes, then mix in the sour cream and orange zest.
• Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together into a small bowl. Mix with your hand until combined. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the molasses mixture and mix only until smooth. Drain the raisins and add them and the crystallized ginger to the mixture with a spatula.
• Divide the batter among the muffin pan (1 rounded standard ice cream scoop per cup is the right amount). Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
• For the frosting, mix the cream cheese, butter, orange zest and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until just combined. Add the sugar and mix until smooth.
• When the cupcakes are cool, frost them generously and garnish with a slice of crystallized ginger.

SPICED GINGERBREAD MINI CUPCAKES

Steps:

• For the spiced gingerbread cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 24-cup mini muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Stir together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
• Whisk the melted butter, granulated sugar, molasses, sour cream and egg in a large bowl until smooth. Add the flour mixture and whisk just to combine. Divide the mixture among the muffin cups.
• Bake until puffed and a tester in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool in the tin for about 10 minutes, then use an offset spatula to ease them out and completely cool.
• For the lemon cream cheese frosting. Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl. Beat until smooth and fluffy, about 1 minute. Beat in the lemon zest and vanilla. Add the confectioners' sugar and mix until smooth, then beat until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
• Split the cooled cupcakes in half crosswise. Spread or pipe a little filling on the cut side of each cupcake bottom. Top with the cupcake tops. Spread or pipe the remaining frosting on top of the cupcakes and decorate as desired.

ZUCCHINI GINGER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Bake cupcakes:
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin cups with liners.
• Pulse crystallized ginger in food processor until finely ground, then add flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, zest, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and pulse until combined.
• Whisk together zucchini, oil, honey, eggs, and vanilla in a medium bowl, then stir in flour mixture until just combined.
• Divide batter among muffin cups and bake until golden and a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 24 minutes.
• Cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan and cool completely, 1 hour.
• Make frosting:
• Beat together frosting ingredients with an electric mixer at high speed until combined well and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Frost tops of cooled cupcakes.

GINGER ORANGE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°; insert liners into cupcake pans .
• In a bowl, sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
• Add butter and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat at medium speed until mixture is light and airy.
• Reduce speed to low, add eggs in one at a time, mixing well.
• Add in half the orange juice and the ginger to the batter.
• Gradually add half the amount of dry ingredients, mixing until just incorporated; add in remaining orange juice and remaining half of dry ingredients, mixing until batter is smooth (don't overmix).
• Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 full; bake for 20-25 minutes, or until cupcakes are springy to the touch and a pick comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Make the glaze: Add orange juice, lemon juice, and powdered sugar into a small saucepan on low heat, mixing for about 2 minutes until liquids slightly evaporate.
• Remove from heat and glaze cupcakes with a tablespoon each.
• Wait about 5 minutes for glaze to cool and harden before topping with peeled tangerine wedge.

GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter or line with paper liners a 12-cup muffin tin.
• Cream 5 tablespoons of the butter with the white sugar. Add the molasses and the egg and egg yolk.
• Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and salt. Dissolve the baking soda in the hot milk. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until just combined. Stir in the hot milk mixture. Pour the batter evenly into the prepared tin.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 minutes or until slightly springy to the touch. Allow to cool a few minutes in the pan and remove to a rack to cool.
• To Make Frosting: Cream the 2 tablespoons butter and the cream cheese together. Beat in the confectioners' sugar until fluffy. Add the lemon extract and beat. When the cupcakes are cool, frost the tops with the frosting and serve.

GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Line eight 2 1/2 inch muffin cups with paper bake cups.
• In a medium mixing bowl stir together th flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, soda, and salt.
• Set aside.
• In a small mixing bowl stir together the egg white, molasses, water, and oil.
• All molasses mixture to dry mixture, stirring just until moistened.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes or until cupcakes spring back when pressed lightly in center.
• Remove from pan.
• Serve warm, or cool on a wire rack.

CANDIED GINGER-GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for cupcakes, blending 2 Tbsp. each crystallized ginger and molasses into batter before spooning into 22 paper-lined muffin pan cups; cool completely.
• Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until blended. Beat in sugar, 1 cup at a time. Add remaining molasses; mix well. Stir in COOL WHIP. Refrigerate at least 30 min.
• Spoon frosting into piping bag fitted with large round tip. Insert tip into top of each cupcake to pipe about 1 Tbsp. frosting into center of cupcake. Spread tops of cupcakes with remaining frosting.
• Top with remaining crystallized ginger.