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Gingerbread cupcakes

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Swap out the gingerbread house this festive season and try out this delicious gingerbread cupcake recipe. Topped with a homemade vanilla buttercream icing, these cupcakes make for an impressive edible gift, too.

  • Serves12
  • Cook time30 minutes
  • Prep time30 minutes, + cooling time
Gingerbread cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 125g butter, chopped
  • 100g white chocolate, chopped
  • 1 cup (220g) brown sugar
  • 1 tbs golden syrup
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) milk
  • 1 Coles Australian Free Range Egg
  • 3/4 cup (110g) self-raising flour
  • 1/2 cup (75g) plain flour
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 200g Coles Bake & Create Vanilla Buttercream Icing
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 500g white fondant icing
  • Icing sugar, to dust
  • 100g ready-to-roll red icing
  • 100g ready-to-roll green icing
  • Sprinkles, to decorate

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Method

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 160°C. Line a 12-hole, 1/3-cup (80ml) muffin pan with paper cases. Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, golden syrup and milk in a saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring, for 5 mins or until mixture is smooth. Transfer to a heatproof bowl. Set aside to cool.

  2. Step 2

    Add egg to the butter mixture and whisk to combine. Add combined flour, ginger and mixed spice. Stir to combine.

  3. Step 3

    Divide the mixture evenly among the paper cases. Bake for 25-30 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centres comes out clean. Set aside to cool.

  4. Step 4

    Combine buttercream and nutmeg in a bowl. Spread evenly over the top of each cupcake.

  5. Step 5

    Roll out the white fondant on a clean surface lightly dusted with icing sugar. Use an 8.5cm round pastry cutter to cut out 12 discs. Arrange the icing discs over the cupcakes.

  6. Step 6

    Roll out red icing on a surface lightly dusted with icing sugar to a 1mm-thick disc. Use a small sharp knife to cut half the fondant into 3mm-thick strips. Cut into 8.5cm lengths. Brush with a little water and attach to cupcakes in a cross pattern. Cut remaining fondant into 1cm x 4cm strips. Fold to create 6 bows and place on half the cupcakes. Repeat with green icing. Decorate with the sprinkles