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Ginger Spice Cupcakes

Ginger Spice Cupcakes

Spice cake at its spiciest, with cinnamon, cloves, molasses and ginger is in cupcake form, topped with fresh ginger icing and chopped pecans.

Servings: 73 servings (1 serving = 1 cupcake)
Cupcake Batter
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Water, cool approx. 72°F
3 lb 8.00 oz
7 cups
Gold Medal™ White Cake Mix (11132)
5 lb
1 box
Ginger, dried, ground
1 Tbsp
Cinnamon, ground
2 Tbsp
Nutmeg, ground
1 Tbsp
Cloves, ground
1 tsp
Molasses
1 lb
1 1/2 cups
Icing
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Cream cheese, softened
3 lb
6 cups
Gold Medal™ Ready-To-Spread Vanilla Crème Icing (11216)
3 lb
6 cups
Ginger, fresh, minced
3 Tbsp
Assembly
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Pecans, chopped
6 oz
1 1/2 cups
Batter
  1. Follow package directions for cupcake batter, adding spices and molasses with step 1.
  2. Deposit #12 scoop of batter into greased or paper-lined muffin pans
  3. Bake as directed below and allow to cool completely.
BAKE:
TEMP
TIME
Convection Oven*
300°F
18-22 minutes
Standard Oven
350°F
25-30 minutes
*Rotate pans baked in convection oven one-half turn (180°) after 9 minutes of baking.
Icing
  1. Add cream cheese to mixer bowl fitted with paddle attachment; mix on high for 3 minutes.
  2. Add vanilla icing and ginger root; mix on medium speed for 2 minutes or until well combined.
Finishing
  1. Pipe 1.25 oz of icing mixture (using star tip) on each cooled cupcake.
  2. Sprinkle with 1 tsp chopped pecans and serve.

  • Tip: Cupcakes containing cream cheese icing need to be held under refrigeration.
  • Check out our recipe for Ginger Spice Cupcakes. A delicious recipe featuring only the best products from General Mills Convenience and Foodservice.
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Nutrition Information

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Serving Size:
1 cupcake
Calories
310
Calories from Fat
130
% Daily Value
Total Fat
14g
22%
Saturated Fat
7g
35%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
20mg
7%
Sodium
330mg
14%
Total Carbohydrate
43g
14%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
30g
Protein
3g
Vitamin A
6%
6%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Nutrition values are calculated using the weights of ingredients.

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