Chocolate Gingerbread Cupcakes

Name: Chocolate Gingerbread Cupcakes
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 28 grams semisweet baking chocolate, shaved; 177 milliliters butter, softened; 340 grams cream cheese (from two 8-oz packages), softened; 59 milliliters chopped crystallized ginger; 1 box Betty chocolate fudge cake mix; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 59 milliliters molasses; 710 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla

The recipe Chocolate Gingerbread Cupcakes is ready in about 1 hour and 15 minutes and is definitely a spectacular vegetarian option for lovers of American food. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 24 servings with 248 calories, 2g of protein, and 12g of fat each. If you have semisweet baking chocolate, ground cloves, powdered sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F.

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Oven

Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Stir in molasses, ground ginger, cinnamon and cloves. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.

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Ginger Powder

Cake Mix

Cinnamon

Molasses

Clove

Water

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Muffin Liners

Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

In medium bowl, beat butter and cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. On low speed, gradually beat in powdered sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Butter

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add vanilla; beat on medium speed 2 minutes or until well blended. Frost cupcakes. Top with crystallized ginger and chocolate shavings. Store covered in refrigerator.

Ingredients you will need

Candied Ginger