When it comes to holiday baking, most people think about gingerbread houses and cookies. Have you ever had gingerbread cupcakes? They are an annual tradition for our family Christmas Party. Decorating cupcakes is also a great way to bring the entire family together to work on a project away from their electronic devices.
We selected the Betty Crocker Gingerbread Cake and Cookie mix for our cupcakes. Nothing is as easy as a pre-made mix and I am all about easy. For cupcakes, we adjusted the recipe/cooking time just a bit.
Easy Peasy Gingerbread Cupcakes
Makes approximately 16 cupcakes
Ingredients:
- One box Gingerbread Cake/Cookie Mix
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1 egg
Directions
- Heat oven to 350
- Blend gingerbread mix, water and egg in a bowl
- Ladle into cupcake tin lined with decorative cupcake cups – fill about 3/4 each
- Bake for 25 minutes – test with toothpick to make sure they are cooked through (toothpick should come out clean)
- Allow to cool before decorating
Toppings we used
- White Decorating Icing
- Red and white peppermint sugar
- Red and green spiced gumdrops
- Marshmallow trees
- Powdered sugar
I could not believe how excited my kids were to help make these cupcakes. My daughter helped with the mix and pouring the batter and my son was thrilled to decorate his own cupcakes. They had a bit of a design competition between them. I may be raising future pastry chefs. I was quite impressed with their skills.
Create fun holiday baking traditions like this one with your family.
3weekmiraclediet
Tuesday 14th of November 2017
Love to see you smiling and having so much fun with baking ginger bread. I mostly use boxes to make cake for my kid.
Jaise
Friday 10th of November 2017
What a wonderful recipe! I usually make another gingerbread cupcake recipe with cinnamon and my kids love it, I'm sure I'll make that recipe too. Thank you!
Erlene
Sunday 23rd of November 2014
This is so fun! I don't know why I've never seen gingerbread cake mix before. Such a cute idea to make gingerbread cupcakes.
Jenn
Saturday 22nd of November 2014
I love the wreath decoration! My favorite tradition is a cookie party I host with friends. We almost never spend Christmas with our families, so we send them homemade baked treats with our love.
Rachel
Friday 21st of November 2014
This would be so good for me! I tried my hand at making a real house a few times and it just looked awful. I am apparently terrible at icing anything. But I think I could work with cupcakes. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday!