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Gingerbread cupcakes with clementine buttercream
goodtoknow user Victoria Threader and her gorgeous cupcakes star in the Christmas issue of goodtoknow Recipes magazine. Find out how to make them with our video!
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Makes: 12
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Prep time: 5 mins
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Cooking time: 30 mins
(including icing time)
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Total time: 35 mins
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Costs: Cheap as chips
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Skill level: Easy peasy
Ingredients
Replace 1 spoonful of flour with a spoonful of cornflour to give your cupcakes a perfect dome
- 150g butter, softened
- 150g caster sugar
- 150g self-raising flour
- 3 medium eggs
- 2tbsp milk
- Few drops of vanilla extract
- 1tsp ground ginger
- ¼tsp ground cloves
- ½tsp ground cinnamon
- Zest of 2 clementines
- 160g unsalted butter, softened
- 500g icing sugar
- 1tsp vanilla extract
- ½tsp clementine zest (about 1 clementine)
- Juice of about 2-4 clementines
- Edible glitter or sprinkles and icing stars, to decorate
Method
- Set the oven to 190°C/Gas 5.
- Place all the cupcake ingredients in a bowl and beat until smooth.
- Divide the mixture between 12 cases, and bake in the centre of the oven for 18-20 mins, or until the cakes have risen and are just firm to the touch in the centre.
- Remove the cakes from the oven and transfer them to a wire rack to cool before decorating.
- To make the buttercream, just mix the icing sugar, butter, vanilla extract, clementine zest and the juice of one clementine together. Then add more clementine juice as needed in order to achieve the correct consistency for piping.
- When the cakes are cool, use a bag with a star nozzle to pipe the buttercream onto the top of the cakes. Decorate with sprinkles and stars and serve.
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Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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