Second on the list of Christmas-themed cupcakes are the gingerbread cupcakes. I wanted to try two recipes to satisfy everyone's wants and likes, plus they made small batches. The regular gingerbread cupcakes are from Crazy About Cupcakes, and one of the ingredients I was excited about (yes, I got excited--I'm lame) was sour cream. All the cupcakes in which I have used sour cream have turned out SO MOIST. These were no exception. My only issue is that their consistency was more of a muffin (which subsequently made them exceedingly hard to frost). The frosting was from 125 Cupcake Recipes, a vanilla cream frosting with which I have fallen in love!! It's essentially vanilla frosting, but with whipping cream in the mixture and it makes the frosting very light and creamy and divine! The second batch of cupcakes were from the 125 Cupcake Recipes book, while the frosting was from Crazy About Cupcakes this time. Chocolate and gingerbread was an interesting combination and despite the fact that it seemed there was more chocolate than ginger, the ginger came through as the aftertaste, which satisfied me. I topped it with fudge frosting, so this cupcake is definitely one for the chocolate lovers. To finish it off, I quickly whipped up (yes I just said that) a batch of gingerbread men, a recipe from Crazy About Cupcakes, and the first time I have attempted this type of cookie (I'm usually a sugar cookie kind of girl). The mini gingerbread men were a fun way to decorate the tops of the cupcakes for the holiday season, and Kelli even named her little guy!! (Shhhh, we'll keep it a secret.)
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