Bake 'delicious' gingerbread cupcakes with 4 easy steps - recipe

Another sweet treat from Matthews Cotswold Farm. This time the baker is Gabriella Morelli who goes under the username @bebbasrecipes_and_ph. They have shared their delicious gingerbread cupcake recipe.

Not only does it make 12 cakes but it only takes 30 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to bake.

Even better it takes eight easy steps where cooks can get their family or friends involved. Perfect for pairing with an afternoon tea setup or tucking into along with a cup of tea.

The recipe also includes how to make your own frosting to decorate them with.

Despite, the recipe requiring a lot of ingredients to make the delicious cupcakes it will definitely be worth the wait.

How to make gingerbread cupcakes: Ingredients: Cupcakes:

• 220g Matthews Cotswold organic self-raising flour, sifted
• 120g unsalted butter
• 50g light brown soft sugar
• 50g dark brown sugar
• Three large eggs
• One teaspoon of ground ginger
• One teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• Two tbsp golden syrup
• Two tbsp milk
• Pinch of salt

Frosting:

• 225g unsalted butter, softened
• 500g icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Pinch of nutmeg
• Three tbsp milk

To finish:

• 12 mini gingerbread man cookies

Method:

Firstly, preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas four. Mix all the dried ingredients in a large mixing bowl.

Add the wet ingredients and whisk until well combined. Divide the mixture between 12 muffin cases and bake for 18-20 mins.

In the meantime make the frosting. With an electric mixer whisk the butter for five mins then add half of the icing sugar and beat for a few mins. Add the remaining sugar and beat for another two to three minutes. Now add the milk and vanilla and beat until well combined.

Add the buttercream to a piping bag fitted with any nozzle of your choice. Pipe the buttercream onto the cupcakes. Top the cupcakes with the gingerbread man cookies.