Gingerbread cupcakes

Preparation time: 20-30 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Makes: 12

A gorgeous ginger cake that will leave you feeling christmassy! Perfect pudding for a Christmas treat.

Ingredients

For the mixture:
150g Plain flour
70g Butter
60g Golden syrup
100g Dark brown sugar
1 Egg
½ tsp Ginger or a flat teaspoon
½ tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Baking powder
100ml Warm milk

For the topping:
240g Butter
400g Icing sugar
2tsp Vanilla extract
4tbsp Milk
Culpitt mini sugar gingerbread men

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a cupcake tray with cases. In a large bowl soften the butter and then add in the sugar. Cream together until light and fluffy.

2. Add in the golden syrup and egg, mix gently, then in a separate bowl sift in the flour, ginger, cinnamon and baking powder. Give that a little stir then add into the mixture. Stir until all combined. Dont panic if the mixture looks too wet!

3. Gently heat up the milk without boiling it. Then add the milk to your mixture and stir in. Spoon the mixture evenly into your cases and place in the oven for 20 minutes  or until slightly springy to touch. When your cupcakes are done set aside to cool.

4. While your cupcakes are cooling its time to make the buttercream. Cream the butter in a large bowl whilst gradually adding the icing sugar. Continue to cream until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and milk. Spoon the buttercream into a large piping bag fitted with any nozzle of your choice! Pipe a swirl on each cupcake and then top them with mini gingerbread men!

That is it for 2 weeks now! My Countdown for Christmas is over :( I hope you enjoyed all the Christmassy recipes and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! Only 1 week to go. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Make sure to check out more recipes on MyFoodAddiction and I'll see you on the 8th January! :-P x

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