Gingerbread muffins recipe
Recipe for festive gingerbread muffins with white chocolate cream
Gingerbread muffins with a delicate white chocolate and mascarpone cream are a culinary delight that evokes the magical holiday season. These gingerbread muffins hide a deep flavor of spices that perfectly complements the light white chocolate cream. It’s a true feast for the palate for any time of year. Highly recommended!
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Gingerbread muffins recipe step by step
If you like gingerbread and gingerbread cakes, you must bake these quick muffins.
Gingerbread muffins recipe
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ingredients for gingerbread muffins
- 375 g wheat flour (all-purpose (2.5 cups))
- 4 teaspoons gingerbread spice ((or to taste))
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 60 ml oil
- 100 g sugar ((half a cup))
- 170 g honey ((half a cup))
- 1 egg (- I used size L)
- 320 ml buttermilk
ingredients for white chocolate cream
- 125 mascarpone cheese
- 200 g white chocolate
- 50 ml heavy cream
Instrukcja
How to make gingerbread muffins with white chocolate cream
- First, prepare the cream – heat the heavy cream in a saucepan, add the broken chocolate and stir until it melts.
- Briefly blend the mascarpone cheese, add the melted chocolate and blend.
- Chill the cream in the refrigerator to set.
- In a bowl, mix together the flour, gingerbread spice, and baking powder.
- In a second bowl, mix together the buttermilk, egg, oil, sugar, and honey.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ones and mix briefly or blend.
- Spoon the batter into muffin molds – up to 2/3 full.
- Bake at 180 degrees Celsius (top/bottom heat mode) for about 20-25 minutes – until a dry skewer comes out clean.
- After baking, let them cool, then spread with cream.
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Gingerbread muffins with white chocolate – notes
Gingerbread muffins are a great snack for winter. They are more compact and more filling than cupcakes, and the spices greatly enhance their flavor. Eating one such muffin guarantees that you will be full. At least for me, one is enough.
How to prepare gingerbread muffins – tips
A great advantage of most muffins is their very easy preparation. These are also extremely simple to make, and I’ll even say you can prepare them without using a mixer. You make these muffins with a spoon, mixing the ingredients in two bowls. Then just combine the wet ingredients with the dry ones and transfer them to the prepared cupcake liners. The whole process takes a maximum of 10 minutes – and then baking.
How to bake gingerbread muffins?
Bake the muffins in an oven preheated to 180 degrees Celsius (top and bottom heat mode) or with convection – then reduce the temperature by 10 degrees. Towards the end of baking, check with a stick – e.g., a toothpick – if the muffins are baked. Just insert a toothpick into the center of a cupcake. If, after removal, the toothpick is not covered with wet batter, it means the muffins are well baked. If the stick is wet, however, you should extend the baking time. In such a situation, I often set the oven to bottom heat only, so that the tops of the muffins do not brown too much. Remove the finished gingerbread muffins and let them cool – preferably on a wire rack. Only on such cooled muffins can you apply the white chocolate cream.
How to decorate gingerbread muffins?
If you’re in a hurry, just sprinkle the muffins with powdered sugar. And if you want a bit more indulgence, prepare a white chocolate and mascarpone cream – like I did. This sweet chocolate cream tastes great with slightly spiced muffins.
You can also place small gingerbread cookies on the muffins, or crumble a few of them and sprinkle the muffins with these crumbs. Fresh cranberries would also work well here, their red color beautifully contrasting with the white cream. Such a white-and-red combination will be perfect for Christmas. I also used small sprigs of fresh rosemary here, which gave the muffins a more festive character. Of course, these sprigs – although edible – are only for decoration here and are not intended for consumption ;)
I also recommend cinnamon muffins, with chocolate, and lemon poppy seed muffins.
I encourage you to browse my other Christmas recipes.
Recommended recipes for gingerbread baked goods
Be sure to check out my other recipes for delicious cakes and other baked goods with gingerbread spice. Here I recommend, among others, these three recipes:
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Recipe for simple and delicious gingerbread muffins
Gingerbread muffins are ideal cupcakes for Christmas. Cupcakes fragrant with gingerbread spice will appeal to both young and old. Preparing gingerbread muffins will not take much time, so they will not hinder holiday preparations. Gingerbread cupcakes taste excellent spread with a light mascarpone cream and sprinkled with crushed gingerbread cookies. Instead of cream, you can melt milk chocolate with a small amount of heavy cream and, when it cools, spread it over the tops of the muffins. Finally, sprinkle them with crushed gingerbread cookies or chopped nuts.
Gingerbread cupcakes for Christmas
Cupcakes will be a great solution for people who feel less comfortable in the kitchen and are afraid of baking complicated cakes. Gingerbread cupcakes are very simple and quick to make. The taste of gingerbread cupcakes can be further enriched with the addition of plum jam. Just make a small hole in the cooled cupcakes with a teaspoon and put some jam inside. Then gingerbread muffins will resemble filled gingerbread cookies for Christmas.
