Name: Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, softened - 5 tablespoons; White sugar - ½ cup; Unsulfured molasses - ½ cup; Egg - 1; Egg yolk - 1; All-purpose flour - 1 ¼ cups; Dutch process cocoa powder - 1 tablespoon; Ground ginger - 1 ¼ teaspoons; Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon; Ground allspice - ½ teaspoon; Ground nutmeg - ½ teaspoon; Salt - ¼ teaspoon; Baking soda - 1 teaspoon; Hot milk - ½ cup; Unsalted butter, softened - 2 tablespoons; Cream cheese, softened - 2 ounces; Sifted confectioners' sugar - ⅔ cup; Lemon extract - ¼ teaspoon

Ingredients for - Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Unsalted butter, softened 5 tablespoons

2. White sugar ½ cup

3. Unsulfured molasses ½ cup

4. Egg 1

5. Egg yolk 1

6. All-purpose flour 1 ¼ cups

7. Dutch process cocoa powder 1 tablespoon

8. Ground ginger 1 ¼ teaspoons

9. Ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon

10. Ground allspice ½ teaspoon

11. Ground nutmeg ½ teaspoon

12. Salt ¼ teaspoon

13. Baking soda 1 teaspoon

14. Hot milk ½ cup

15. Unsalted butter, softened 2 tablespoons

16. Cream cheese, softened 2 ounces

17. Sifted confectioners' sugar ⅔ cup

18. Lemon extract ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter or line with paper liners a 12-cup muffin tin.

2 . Stage

Cream 5 tablespoons of the butter with the white sugar. Add the molasses and the egg and egg yolk.

3 . Stage

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.

4 . Stage

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.

5 . Stage

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.