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Gingerbread Men Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream Icing
Cute Christmas cupcakes with Gingerbread flavours and topped with a cinnamon buttercream frosting and homemade Gingerbread Men. Special Christmas treats for you to enjoy.
Author
Cerys Parker
Ingredients
212
g
plain flour
198
g
light brown sugar
¼
tsp
bicarbonate of soda
1
tsp
baking powder
1 ½
tsp
ground ginger
1 ½
tsp
ground cinnamon
⅛
tsp
ground cloves
180
g
unsalted butter
softened
1
egg white
1
egg
1
tsp
vanilla extract
½
C
black treacle
¼
C
sour cream
½
C
full fat milk
1
batch
Cinnamon Frosting
See above for the recipe link
Mini Gingerbread Men
See above for the recipe link
Edible Glitter
Optional
Christmas Sprinkles
Optional
Small Edible Balls
Optional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180 C degrees and line a muffin tin with some cupcake cases.
In a large mixing bowl, stir all the dry ingredients together.
Using a stand mixer, beat together the butter, egg, egg white, vanilla, black treacle, sour cream and full-fat milk until combined.
Gradually add in a large heaped spoon of the dry ingredients until it's fully combined.
Fill cupcake liners about half way.
Bake the cupcakes for 18 to 22 minutes.
Allow to cool completely before icing.
Scoop buttercream icing into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
Ice the cooled cupcakes with a large swirl and sprinkle with some Christmas sprinkles or edible glitter and balls.
Place a Mini Gingerbread man into the side of the cupcake.
Enjoy!