Gingerbread Cupcake & Buttercream Recipe

With the evenings drawing in and Christmas just around the corner I thought I would share a recipe with you for this weeks video tutorial which for me really makes me feel Christmasy. So here are my gingerbread cupcakes with gingerbread flavoured buttercream. I don’t know about you but whenever I smell gingerbread it just feels like Christmas…

These cupcakes are so yummy and fluffy in texture and I have put a list of the ingredients below:

The ingredients you will need to make 12 cupcakes are:
7oz / 200g – Self Raising Flour
7oz / 200g – Butter
7oz / 200g – Brown Sugar
2 eggs
2tsp – Ground Ginger
1tsp – Ground Cinnamon
2tbsp / 40g – Golden Syrup

Once the ingredients have all be mixed together and split between my 12 cupcakes cases, I bake them on the middle shelf of my oven at 180 degrees, 350 degrees fahrenheit or gas mark 4 for 22 – 24 minutes until they are completely cooked. I don’t actually use my fan over when baking my cakes as it tends to bake the cakes quicker on the outside so you get this hard crusty shell and the mixture is not baked all the way through.

For the buttercream you will need:
18oz/ 500g – Icing Sugar
9oz/ 250g  – Butter
1tsp – Ground Ginger
0.5tsp – Ground Cinnamon
2tbsp / 40g – Golden Syrup

The thing that I love about this recipe is that if you fancy making a cake rather than cupcakes you can use the same recipe but double it and divide it into two 6 inch cake tins to give you a 4 layer gingerbread flavour cake.

For the cupcakes I finished these off with some cute little gingerbread men which measured 1.5 inches in height. Because they were quite small I painted these with some edible food gel to add in their details. If you want to download the template that I used just click here: GINGERBREAD MAN TEMPLATE

So if you’re looking for a recipe to get you in the Christmas spirit then definitely give these a try as they are so yummy. I really hope you enjoy the recipe. Below is a full video tutorial showing exactly how I made the cupcakes, the buttercream and the little fondant gingerbread men.

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Gingerbread Cupcake Recipe

Author: Cakes by Lynz

These yummy gingerbread cupcakes are perfect for the festive season

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 23 minutes mins

Decorating TimeCooling & Decorating Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 3 minutes mins

Servings 12 Cupcakes

Recipe Type Cupcakes

Keyword Christmas Cupcakes, Gingerbread

Ingredients

  

For the cupcakes

• 200 g Self Raising Flour (7oz)
• 200 g Room Temperature Butter or Baking Spread (7oz)
• 200 g Brown Sugar (7oz)
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp Ground Ginger
• 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 2 tbsp Golden Syrup (40g)

For the buttercream

• 500 g Icing Sugar (18oz)
• 250 g Room Temperature Butter (9oz)
• 1 tsp Ground Ginger
• 0.5 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 2 tbsp Golden Syrup (40g)

Instructions

• To make the cupcakes, I add all of the cupcake ingredients into my mixing bowl at the same time. Then using an electric hand whisk or electric stand mixer with the paddle attachment, you want to mix them up until well combined (this usually takes around 30 seconds).
• You then want to split the mixture into 12 cupcake cases and bake them in a preheated oven for around 23 to 25 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
• When setting my oven I always use a normal oven setting. If you are using a fan oven you will need to reduce the temperature and bake for a little longer. With a fan oven you may find that the outside bakes a little quicker than the inside.
• Once they have a nice golden colour on the outside, you can test they are baked on the inside by using a cocktail stick or bamboo skewer. Poke it into the center of your cupcakes; if it comes out clean, you know they are baked all the way through.
• You then want to let your cupcakes cool.
• To make the buttercream: sift the icing sugar and spices into your mixing bowl. Then add the room temperature butter (you want to make sure with buttercream you are using a real butter rather than a spread). Add in your golden syrup and start your mixer.
• Mix on a medium / high speed for around 5 minutes. You will see your buttercream start to turn really creamy.
• You can then add your buttercream into your piping bag with a piping tip of your choice and pipe a pretty swirl on the top of your cupcakes.

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