Description
The BEST classic gingerbread cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting! You’ll love this recipe for perfect homemade gingerbread cupcakes. Recipe makes 18 cupcakes.
Ingredients
Gingerbread Cupcakes
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup milk, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt, at room temperature
Frosting
- 8 oz full fat cream cheese, cool room temperature
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cool room temperature
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line two 12-cup standard muffin pans with baking cups. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg in a medium bowl.
- Beat butter and brown sugar in a large mixer bowl on medium speed until soft and creamy; mix in molasses and oil. Add eggs one at a time and beat until combined. Mix in vanilla extract. Combine milk and Greek yogurt in a small bowl. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with milk mixture. (begin and end with flour mixture).
- Use a medium cookie scoop coated with nonstick spray to fill each baking cup 2/3 full of batter.
- Bake for 20 minutes, until cupcakes spring back to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool in pans on wire racks for 2 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely.
- For the frosting, beat cream cheese and butter on medium speed until creamy, scraping down bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla and salt. Reduce speed to low; add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time and beat well, scraping down bowl as needed. If frosting is too soft to use immediately, chill for 15 to 20 minutes before piping.
- Transfer frosting to a large piping bag fitted with an open star tip (Wilton 8B) and frost cupcakes. If desired, top with sparkling sugar and gingerbread cookies. Chill cupcakes 20 minutes before serving.
- Store leftover cupcakes covered in the refrigerator up to 3 days. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Notes
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