Gingerbread Cupcakes

This is a recipe for gingerbread cupcakes. The recipe is from King Arthur Flour.


Ingredients

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda

My frosting was too runny because I added too much milk.
They aren't very beautiful, but they are tasty!

2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg
1/2 cup water

Instructions

 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Combine the flour, baking soda, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger and salt. Mix together. In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, molasses, and egg. Add half the water and half the dry ingredients. Mix well. Add the other half of the water and the other half of the dry mix. Mix well.  There you have the batter.

Serves 12 regular cupcakes and 24 mini cupcakes.

 For the frosting, just take the cream cheese frosting recipe and add two teaspoons of cinnamon.

Cream Cheese Frosting

This is recipe for cream cheese frosting. I don't know where the recipe is from though.

INGREDIENTS

1 package ( equivalent to 8 oz) of cream cheese
1 stick of butter
1/ 2 box of powdered sugar
1 tsp of vanilla.

INSTRUCTIONS

Cream the cream cheese and butter until it's light and fluffy. Add the sugar gradually. Add the vanilla.

ENJOY!

PS. I always add less sugar. It's way too sweet ( at least for my taste and the taste of those who consume my food) if not.  Maybe just a cup or 1/2 cup. The consistency is the same, and the taste is good too!!

Butter Frosting

This is just a simple butter frosting. I got the recipe from How to Cook Everything  by Mark Bittman.

Ingredients

• 8 tbsp (equivalent to 1 stick of butter)
• 4 cups of powdered sugar
• 6 tbsp of milk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• pinch of salt

Instructions

Use an electric mixer to cream the butter. Gradually add in sugar and milk. Stir in the vanilla and salt.

Enjoy!
PS. I usually add about half the amount of sugar, or else its really sweet, but that's just my preference.

Cupcake Paraphernalia

This is a picture I took of some cupcake things. Take a look at the items at http://www.articoencasa.com/presta/

Welcome! Post 1

Hi, and welcome to my blog!
On this blog, I'll post things like recipes for cupcakes, cookies, and cakes. I might include some other pastries, but I'm mainly going to stick to those three. I will also post some pictures of the ones I made ( although they won't look very pretty :P)