Holiday cupcakes

Monday, January 7, 2008

Hubby and I had a holiday party to go to at my friend Ren’s house. She asked if I would bring some cupcakes. I decided to make some holiday flavored cupcakes.

I made Gingerbread cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and mint Oreo cupcakes. The original plan for the Oreo cupcakes was to make this recipe (hubby’s favorite) except to use the Trader Joe’s candy cane Joe Joe’s. The day of the party, the weather was nasty and I didn’t want to walk all the way to Trader Joes. So instead, I made the recipe (linked above) and added 2 tsp of peppermint extract to both the batter and the frosting.

Gingerbread Cupcakes (from Crazy about Cupcakes)
1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
2/3 cup light molasses
2 tsp lemon zest
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour – I use King Arthurs White Whole Wheat Flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1 cup sour cream

Preheat over to 375F. Insert liners into a medium cupcake pan.

In a large bowl cream the butter and sugars together with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy, 3-5 minutes. Add the egg, molasses, and lemon zest to the creamed mixture. Beat well.

In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.

Add portions of the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternating with portions of the sour cream, until they are completely integrated, about 30 seconds.

Fill the cupcake liners one-half to three-quarters full. Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cupcakes comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in the pan.

Cupcakes, Dessert

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9 Responses to “Superbowl Cupcakes! Go Colts! Go Saints!”

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Elina — February 7, 2010 at 7:22 pm

LOVE the decorated cupcakes! What recipe did you use? They look delicious. 🙂
It was nice meeting you yesterday. Your m&m cookies were yummy as well.
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Jen — February 7, 2010 at 7:23 pm

Thanks Elina! I used this recipe for Irish Car Bomb cupcakes from Smitten Kitchen. I’ll do a full post with the recipe and details later.
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Christina — February 7, 2010 at 11:43 pm

Super cute!! They look delicious too. 🙂
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Pamela — February 8, 2010 at 1:40 am

Thanks for the inspiration; I had seen the general idea elsewhere but never thought about doing it for sports logos for some reason. I made a few cupcake toppers this afternoon that I’ll be posting soon. (peasandcues.wordpress.com) Great idea!!
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Jessica LeAnne — February 8, 2010 at 3:09 am

I love this! Im going to try to make some candy toppers for my cupcakes now.
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nutmegnanny — February 8, 2010 at 6:25 am

They are so adorable! I don’t know why I do not do cupcakes more often. They are a such a crowd pleaser 🙂
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nutmegnanny — February 8, 2010 at 6:25 am

They are so adorable! I don’t know why I do not do cupcakes more often. They are a such a crowd pleaser 🙂
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Joy — February 11, 2010 at 12:18 am

I actually prefer the yellow sprinkles to the idea of yellow/gold frosting. It makes them look SO CHIC
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Michelle Rago — February 11, 2010 at 10:19 pm

I don’t know if the frosting or actually cupcake was my favorite part, so good I had to bring one to work with me on Monday.