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GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES

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Ingredients

  • I • CUPCAKES
  • 1 3/4 • 1 3/4 cups (73/8 ounces) King Arthur
  • Unbleached All-Purpose Flour (p_30)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons Vietnamese cinnamon (p_8)
  • 2 teaspoons ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons, 4 ounces)
  • unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup (33/4 ounces) packed dark
  • brown sugar
  • 1 !2 cup (6 ounces) molasses
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 !2 cup (4 ounces) water
  • I CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
  • 6 tablespoons (3 ounces) unsalted
  • butter, at room temperature
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese,
  • I softened
  • 4 cups (16 ounces) confectioners' sugar
  • I 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons (1/2 to 1 ounce) milk,
  • to make frosting spreadable

Details

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F_ Lightly grease 24
I . small paper brioche cups and place on
a sheet pen.
For the cupcakes, combine the flour,
baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves,
nutmeg, and salt together_ Separately,
whisk together the melted butter, brown
sugar, molasses, and egg_ Add half the
water then half the dry ingredients and
repeat, stirring between each oddition,
Spoon the batter into the prepared brioche cups. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of one cupcake comes out clean. Remove the cupcakes from the oven then place them on a rack to cool for 30 minutes.
For the frosting, beat together the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add the sugar and cinnamon, beating well. Add the milk a little at a time, until the frosting is a spreadable consistency.
Fill a piping bag with the frosting and pipe large swirls on top of the cooled cupcakes.
YIELD: 22 to 24 cupcakes in mini brioche paper cups, 12 standard cupcakes.

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