10 Xmas Gingerbread Cupcake Recipes

For Christmas and New Year cupcakes, gingerbread sure is one of the most enchanting flavors. Cupcakes for Party is now bringing you ten maddeningly delicious recipes from around the web.

You will see that the flavors of icing or frosting vary from eggnog to black licorice to salted caramel. Many of the following recipes also offer decorating ideas for holiday cupcakes. Edible decorative items vary from gingerbread men cookies to candied cranberries to maraschino cherries ...



...Of course, there are so many wonderful ways to say "Seasons Greetings" with gingerbread cupcakes.

1. Mini Gingerbread Cupcakes with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting and a Candied Cranberry on Top from The Urban Baker
2. Triple Gingerbread Cupcakes: Gingerbread Cupcakes with Gingerbread Buttercream Icing and a Gingerbread Man Biscuit on Top from The Cupcake Architect
3. Gingerbread Cupcakes with Black Licorice Frosting from Cooking Channel
4. Gingerbread cupcakes with Ginger-Lemon Frosting from Recipe Renovator
5. Gingerbread Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream from Peanut Butter and Julie
6. Chocolate Gingerbread Cupcakes with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting from Serious Eats
7. Gingerbread Cupcakes with Eggnog Frosting from Sugar Duchess
8. Gingerbread Cupcakes with Orange Buttercream from The Baking Robot
9. Gingerbread Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting from About.com Southern Food
10. Gingerbread Cupcakes with Molasses Cream Cheese Frosting from Gimme Some Oven

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