Gingered Maple Cupcakes Recipes

SPICED MAPLE & MUSTARD GINGER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Instructions
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line pan with cupcake liners.
• In a small bowl, whisk together Dijon mustard, buttermilk, and baking soda and set aside.
• Using an electric mixer fit with a paddle attachment, beat together the butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, and molasses on high until fluffy.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, sift or vigorously whisk the flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt to thoroughly combine. Set aside.
• When butter mixture is well blended, add the eggs one at a time, until incorporated.
• Fold the chopped dried fig into the butter and egg mixture. Alternate adding the mustard-buttermilk mixture and the flour mixture until everything is combined. Avoid over-mixing.
• Divide batter evenly among the prepared cupcake tins (about 1/4 cup per cupcake). Bake in the center of the middle rack of the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each comes out with moist crumbs attached, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, and then remove from pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
• While cooling, make the frosting. In the bowl of the mixer fitted with the paddle, beat cream cheese, butter, maple syrup, fig jam, and dry mustard powder until soft and fluffy. Carefully incorporate powdered sugar in 3 additions, beating until combined. Adjust consistency with more syrup or sugar, if necessary. Set aside for assembly.
• Prepare garnish by heating butter, maple syrup, and dry mustard powder in a small sauce pan until bubbling. Drop in the fresh figs, stirring gently with a rubber spatula until figs are thoroughly coated and cooked for 1 minute. Lift figs out of syrup mixture and cool on a wire rack or parchment paper.
• To assemble, spread the buttercream evenly over tops of the cupcakes. Place the cupcakes in the refrigerator and chill until ready to serve. Prior to serving, decorate with the maple butter basted figs, cookies, and/or toasted yellow mustard seed "sprinkles." Serve and enjoy!

GINGERED MAPLE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• 1. Cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs. Beat in the syrup, and the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, ginger, salt, and baking soda; and add to the creamed mixture, alternately with the milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in the pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Cool.
• 2. FROSTING: Meanwhile cream the butter, cream cheese, brown sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in the syrup and the vanilla. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar until smooth. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Frost the cooled cupcakes, and top each with a pecan half.

MAPLE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins.
• Beat maple syrup and margarine together in a large bowl until well mixed and creamy. Mix in egg until combined.
• Combine all-purpose and whole wheat flours, baking powder, nutmeg, salt, and ginger in a small bowl. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in batches, alternating with the milk, beating batter briefly after each addition. Fill the prepared muffin cups 3/4 full with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 20 to 30 minutes.

GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Beat in water and molasses. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, nutmeg and allspice; add to the creamed mixture. Beat on low speed until combined. Beat on medium for 2 minutes., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese, brown sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in maple syrup and vanilla. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Store in the refrigerator.