Gingerbread Muffin Tops With Mascarpone Frosting

 

Gingerbread Muffin Tops With Mascarpone Frosting

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Gingerbread Muffin Tops With Mascarpone Frosting

Ingredients

1 sticks salted butter

½ cup dark brown sugar; tightly packed

1 large egg

1/2  cup buttermilk

1/2  cup molasses

1 1/3 cup flour

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2  teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1/4 teaspoon mace

1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom

Mascarpone Frosting  Ingredients

4 ounces cream cheese

8 ounces mascarpone cheese

4  tablespoons salted butter softened

3 cups confectioners’ sugar; (plus 1/4 cup for final dusting)

2 tablespoons buttermilk

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Muffin Step-by-Step

1 combine butter and brown sugar;in bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment; on medium speed, cream butter and sugar two minutes or until fluffy

2 add egg, buttermilk and molasses; mix on low speed until all ingredients come together( mixture will be lumpy)

3 in separate mixing bowl, sift all dry ingredients together; add tdry ingredients to  bowl of stand;  mix on low speed until fully incorporated

4 lightly spray muffin top pan with cooking spray

5  fill each muffin section with 2/3 cup batter

6 in preheated 350° bake 15 minutes or until cake tester is  inserted and removed cleanly

7 cool 10 minutes on wire rack before frosting

Frosting Step-by-Step

1 combine all frosting ingredients in bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment

2 mix frosting on low speed until frosting begins to form; Increase mixer speed to medium; beat mixture until smooth and creamy

3 transfer creamy frosting into pastry bag fitted with Wilton 6B tip; pipe frosting int center of each muffin top; finish with light dusting of confectioners’ sugar

Yields 6 Muffin Tops