These gingerbread cupcakes are one of my favorite Christmas treats! A delicious holiday-worthy eggnog variation of my classic pastry cream recipe and a pipeable version of my cream cheese frosting recipe. Usually, around this time of year I’m frantically baking a gingerbread house. But this year, my husband is swamped with work so he can’t help me with decorating the house and going it alone is boring. So I ditched the gingerbread house and made these Gingerbread Cupcakes with an Eggnog Filling and Cream Cheese Frosting instead! He’s more than willing to help eat these, of course.
Why I love these gingerbread cupcakes
Soft, moist cupcakes spiced with ginger and gingerbread spices, filled with a sweet and creamy eggnog pastry cream, and then topped with a fluffy cream cheese frosting. As far as gingerbread cupcakes go, these are truly the best I’ve ever had! I tested this particular recipe SIX times to perfect it and make sure it was foolproof! Really. I love ginger cookies, gingerbread truffles, gingerbread cake etc. this time of year, but I really wanted to perfect these gingerbread cupcakes too. I had a particular texture that I wanted for these gingerbread cupcakes and it took some trying to get there. But the result is super soft cupcakes with a perfect crumb and a great balance of flavor! From the sweetness of brown sugar and molasses, to the spice and warmth of ginger, cinnamon, allspice and cloves, everything was just perfect about these cupcakes. If you’re planning on making cupcakes for the holidays, you cannot go wrong with these moist, flavorful gingerbread cupcakes! You can also check out my chocolate cupcakes, santa claus cupcakes, classic pound cake, eggnog pound cake, and this cheesecake stuffed gingerbread cake for more delightful cake and cupcake inspiration for the holidays!
Eggnog pastry cream
I was first thinking of an eggnog buttercream frosting, but then decided to keep the flavor of cream cheese frosting and add another level of texture and flavor with an eggnog pastry cream filling. It’s so good, you’ll be eating it straight with a spoon! 🙂 I made these gingerbread cupcakes to use in these adorable Santa Claus cupcakes as well! Those cupcakes used a more stiff cream cheese frosting in order to be able to pipe that Santa Claus shaped topping. There’s a step-by-step video tutorial and printable there to help you nail that easy Santa Claus shaped frosting. 🙂
Cream cheese frosting for these gingerbread cupcakes
The frosting used for these gingerbread cupcakes however is more soft and fluffy. You also have the option of mixing the frosting with a little molasses before you pipe it so that your frosting has a beautiful gold ombre look. Or you can simply decorate them with some gold dust and mini gingerbread cookies on top. Either way, you’ll love these cupcakes just for their robust, spicy, warming ginger flavor and that soft, moist, addictive texture! For other delicious ginger-spiced treats, check out these soft ginger cookies, gingerbread truffles, ginger millionaires shortbread cookies, and this cheesecake stuffed gingerbread cake! If you liked this gingerbread cupcakes (gingerbread eggnog cupcakes) with eggnog filling and cream cheese frosting recipe, don’t forget to subscribe for new (and free) recipes by entering your email address on the side bar (and get all these recipes delivered straight to your inbox), so you don’t miss out on a thing. You can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST, YOU TUBE and GOOGLE-PLUS too.
