Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Tonight’s the Season 2 premiere of Girls on HBO!

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I love this show so much. It’s so well-written, so true, and so cringe-worthy. Mostly cringe-worthy because I remember doing and thinking some of those things back when I was in my early to mid 20’s. This show is therapeutic to me….it’s sort of like “Oh wow, I wasn’t as messed up 10 years ago as I thought. I was normal! Hooray!”

One of my favorite scenes from season 1 is where Hannah & Shoshanna are talking about baggage. Hannah says, “My medium baggage is that I bought four cupcakes and just ate one in your bathroom.”

If Hannah was here, I’d share these cupcakes with her and we could dissect her relationship with Adam. Or we could have a Robyn dance party.

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Recipe from McCormick

Makes about 18-24 cupcakes

Ingredients:

For the cupcakes:

2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground gingerMcCormick
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
2 eggs
1 cup boiling water

For the frosting:

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
16 ounces powdered sugar

Instructions:

For the cupcakes:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Add paper liners to muffin tin. Set tin aside.

In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, ground ginger, cinnamon and baking soda in medium bowl. Set bowl aside.

In another bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar and molasses. Beat on medium speed until smooth. Add the eggs and beat together.

On low speed, add the flour mixture alternately with boiling water. Spoon the batter into lined muffin tins, filling cups about 2/3 full.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in pans on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from pans to cool completely.

For the frosting:

Beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add in the powdered sugar gradually until smooth. Spread frosting on the cooled cupcakes.

Enjoy!!

*I really loved these cupcakes! With cream cheese frosting, I prefer it chilled, so I refrigerated these cupcakes and served them cold.