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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Australasian >> Australian >> New Zealander

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. | 2. Butter or line a 12 muffin tin. | 3. Cream 5 tablespoons of the butter with the sugar or Splenda. Add the molasses and the egg and the egg yolk. | 4. Sift together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. | 5. Dissolve the baking soda in the hot cocoa. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until just combined. Stir in the hot cocoa mixture. Pour the batter evenly into the prepared muffin tin. | 6. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until lightly springy to the touch. Cool in the pan and move to a rack. | 7. To make frosting: Cream the 2 tablespoons butter and cream cheese, beat in confectioners sugar until fluffy. Add the lemon extract. Wait until the cupcakes are cool, then frost. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	6	tablespoons	unsalted softened	610.884	0.0511	0.7242	69.1057
sugar	1/2	cup	granulated	159.9	30.004	5.005	2.496
molasses	1/4	cup		244.325	62.96	0.0	0.0842
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
applesauce	1/2	cup	unsweetened	51.24	13.7494	0.2074	0.122
purpose flour	1	cup		-	-	-	-
wheat pastry flour	3/4	cup		-	-	-	-
ginger	1/4	cup	chopped candied	1.6	0.3554	0.0364	0.015
ginger	1	teaspoon	ground	1.6	0.3554	0.0364	0.015
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
clove	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4385	0.344	0.0313	0.0682
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
baking powder	2	teaspoons		4.876	2.5484	0.0	0.0
baking soda	1	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
hot cocoa	1/2	cup		96.25	13.425	4.4	2.925
butter	2	tablespoons	unsalted softened	610.884	0.0511	0.7242	69.1057
cream cheese	2	ounces	softened	167.265	1.9845	4.0257	16.2162
confectioner ' sugar	2/3	cup		-	-	-	-
lemon extract	1/4	teaspoon		0.235	0.08	0.0075	0.0015

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.