Just before Christmas I made a huge batch of Gingerbread Men using my foolproof recipe linked here. The recipe makes so many biscuits so I thought I’d use them to top a new, Christmassy cupcake.
The recipe below makes 12 gingerbread cupcakes with plenty of gingerbread men leftover to snack on or gift to friends and family. Once made, these cupcakes will last around 5-7 days in an airtight container. These lasted a couple of days despite all those who ate them telling me they were cutting down before Christmas – I think that’s the a sign that it’s a really good cupcake! For this recipe you will need a small gingerbread man cutter. There are lots of sets available online with varying sizes, depending on the look you are going for. For Christmas, you could even use mini snowmen or trees!
Gingerbread Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 150 g Butter
- 120 g Dark brown sugar
- 30 g Maple syrup
- 150 g Gluten free self-raising flour
- 1 tsp Ground ginger
- ½ tsp Ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp Ground nutmeg
- 3 Eggs
- 1 tbsp Milk
For the icing:
- 400 g Icing sugar
- 150 g Butter
- 1 tsp Ground ginger
- ½ tsp Vanilla extract
For the gingerbread men topping:
- 350 g Gluten free plain flour
- 1 tsp Xanthan gum
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp Ground ginger
- 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 100 g Butter
- 4 tbsp Golden syrup
- 180 g Dark brown sugar
- 1 Egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius or gas mark 4. Begin making the gingerbread men by mixing the plain flour, xanthan gum, ground ginger, ground cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda. Add the butter and rub between your fingers to form breadcrumbs. Add the dark brown sugar, golden syrup and egg to form a dough. Wrap in cling film and place in the fridge for 30 minutes. Remove the dough from the fridge and roll out to a thickness of 3mm (use plain flour to prevent it from sticking to the work surface). Use a gingerbread cutter and cut out as many shapes as you can and place on a baking sheet (lined with baking paper). Bake the cookies for 13 minutes until dark brown in colour Leave to cool on the tray for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
- For the cupcakes, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, eggs, milk and flour and mix well. Transfer to 12 cupcake cases and place in the oven (gas mark 4 or 180 degrees Celsius) for 15-20 minutes.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack and prepare the icing. Mix together the icing sugar, ginger, vanilla and butter until it forms a stiff buttercream. Transfer to a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcakes. Top with a mini gingerbread man and a sprinkling of gingerbread biscuit crumbs to serve.
I hope you enjoy these gingerbread cupcakes. Despite making these for Christmas this year, they are cupcakes that can be enjoyed all year round.
If you’ve enjoyed baking these cakes, you might like to try out some of my other cupcake recipes: Lemon & Elderflower Cupcakes, Coffee Cupcakes, Carrot & Orange Cupcakes or for the chocaholics, these Red Velvet Cupcakes.
Also, make sure to add your email address to my website so that you receive notifications of new recipes. I will be creating lots more low FODMAP recipes in 2021!
Happy gingerbread making,
Alice x
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