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Viewed: 68 - Published at: 8 years agoIngredients
- 175 g stem or glace ginger in syrup
- 175 g muscavado or molasses sugar
- 200 g unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 250 g pumpkin or 250 g butternut squash, grated
- 200 g plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 12 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 12 teaspoons allspice
- 14 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 14 teaspoon ground cloves
- 125 g chopped pecans or 125 g walnuts
- 200 g icing sugar
- 125 g cream cheese
Method
- Finely chop 125g of the ginger.
- Beat sugar and 125g butter until smooth.
- Then beat in the eggs one by one.
- Stir in the pumpkin and chopped ginger, sift in the flour, baking powder and spices.
- Add the nuts and stir until smooth.
- Line the pockets of a deep muffin tray with muffin papers, then fill each one almost to the top.
- Bake at 190C (170 fan-assisted)/375F/gas mark 5 for 25 minutes, then set aside to cool.
- Once the cupcakes are cold, beat the icing sugar, cream cheese and remaining butter until smooth.
- Finely shred the remaining ginger and stir most of it in, along with just enough syrup to make it easily spreadable.
- Swirl a dollop of icing on each cupcake and decorate with a pinch of shredded ginger.
