Gingerbread Cupcakes
Calories
Ingredients
- 1 box spice cake mix
- 3 eggs
- ⅓ cup molasses
- ⅓ cup oil
- ½ cup milk
Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting
- ½ cup butter
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar make sure it is fresh
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese at room temperature
- ¼ C butter 1/2 stick at room temperature
- 4 C sifted powdered sugar You can decrease this amount if you don’t care about it being as stiff for piping
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Mix together cake mix, eggs, molasses, oil and milk.
- Pour into paper liners and fill 3/4 full. (I did 18 cupcakes)
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes until the cake springs back when lightly touched.
- Cool completely before frosting
- For the brown sugar cream cheese frosting - With a mixer, blend cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy. Mix in brown sugar until creamy.
- For the cream cheese frosting - Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy. Mix in vanilla. Mix in powdered sugar, one cup at a time.