Vegan Gingerbread Cupcakes Take Over The World
I had big plans for Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World‘s Gingerbread Cupcakes (page 53). I chopped a little extra crystallized ginger to decorate my Lemony Buttercream (page 96) topped cakes, but when I looked back over at the pile, I could have sworn it was getting smaller. Knowing I must be crazy, I went back to preparing the batter. And then, I turned back just in time to catch a little hand blindingly reaching up onto the counter and grabbing at my pile of decorative crystallized ginger. Ah ha! Caught red handed! That is exactly why I must be so careful about where the appliances, knives, cutting boards, and apparently now ginger, are located on the counter; the little man is willing to roll the dice on it being something tasty his little fingers grasp, rather than something dangerous! I honestly can’t even believe how much he liked the stuff; crystallized ginger has such a very strong, spicy flavor that I would have bet money he’d have spit it out and madly wiped at his tongue in an attempt to rid his tongue of the flavor. I was wrong; I guess ginger is his flavor!
The cupcakes turned out delicious, even if their intended decorations went to a cuter cause. They weren’t meant to be quite so dark, but since I didn’t have light molasses, I just went ahead and used regular. My cupcake’s centers sunk slightly, perhaps because of the heavier molasses, but I used the opportunity to “fill” the centers with lemony buttercream frosting. The cake was moist and fluffy with bursts of crystallized ginger flavor in each bite. I love the ginger and lemon flavor combination. If you have Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World, here’s a great recipe to get that great ginger flavor without cutting out and piping buttons onto dozens of tiny faceless men!
Do you have any funny “missing food/ingredient” stories? Who was the culprit? Kids? Pets?
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LOL. That is absolutely adorable. Your little man seems to have a more adventurous palette than I do..I have yet to try a gingerbread cookie.
What?! Gingerbread is yummy! 🙂
Awww, how cute!!
I can’t remember if I’ve made these cupcakes yet! I know I’ve made a ton of recipes from this book, but I’m not sure on these… They look awesome! I’m getting together with some friends tonight, so perhaps I should bring these cupcakes with me… 😉
I hope you had a nice time! 🙂
Haha, I’m glad it was only ginger! Too funny that he chows down on crystallized ginger! I loooove those cupcakes. Bring on the gingerbread season!
I know! It’s so strong! Is it too early for a gingerbread house, yet? Haha
These look so tasty! And hooray for ginger lovers! 🙂
I do have VCTOTW, but I can’t believe I haven’t tried this recipe yet. Definitely on my list now!
I couldn’t believe I hadn’t made it either. I think I was hoarding that crystalized ginger for something else, but gave in to these cupcakes!
That is one of my favorite cupcake recipes. They are always good.
These are going up there with the agave cupcakes on my list! 🙂
These are adorable, and the little guy has impeccable taste! Ginger and lemon is one of my favorite combos. The cupcakes look great!
The lemon frosting was perfect! I’m so glad the book recommended it because I probably would have chosen plain ol’ vanilla.
Wow, I’m surprised he liked the ginger! I can’t stand that stuff straight up!
A few years ago, I had asked my mom to leave two sticks of butter out on the counter so I could bake cookies when I got home. When I arrived, all I saw was a piece of wrapper on the floor…turns out our dog had nabbed them! His poor tummy was NOT happy later 🙁
Awww! Poor thing! I can imagine he was feeling awful!