These Gingerbread Cupcakes are filled with a delicious flavor, all thanks to its delicious blend of spices. Plus, it uses a simple vanilla cake mix - so it's really easy to put together!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Dessert
Keyword cupcakes
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 9cupcakes
Calories 262kcal
Author Lisa Favre
Equipment
Oven
Large mixing bowl
Measuring Cups and Spoons
Cooling Rack
Spatula
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
1 ½cupsvanilla cake mix
1tspground ginger
¼tspground cinnamon
¼tspground nutmeg
¼cupmilk
3tbspmolasses
3tbspvegetable oil
1large egg
For the icing:
¼cupbuttersoftened
1cupconfectioners’ sugar
1tbspmilk
Ground cinnamon for garnishing
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.
In a large bowl, mix together dry ingredients: cake mix, ground ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Once the dry ingredients are well-combined, add the remaining ingredients: milk, molasses, oil and eggs.
Mix all ingredients until a batter forms.
Scoop batter into lined muffin tin, filling each section about 2/3 of the way.
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes and allow to cool on a wire rack.
Prepare the icing in a large bowl. Use an electric mixer to beat together butter, sugar and milk.
Once the icing forms (it will be smooth and form semi-stiff peaks), use an offset spatula to frost each cooled-down cupcake. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon, if desired.