Spice cupcakes with cream-cheese icing

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupAll-purpose flour
1teaspoonBaking soda
1teaspoonCinnamon
½teaspoonFreshly grated nutmeg
¼teaspoonGround cloves
¼cupVegetable shortening
¼cupGranulated sugar
1largeEgg
½cupUnsulfured molasses stirred together with
; 1/2 cup boiling water
4ouncesCream cheese; softened
2tablespoonsUnsalted butter; softened
½cupConfectioners' sugar

Directions

In a bowl whisk together the flour, the baking soda, the spices, and a pinch of salt. In another bowl with an electric mixer cream together the shortening and the granulated sugar, beat in the egg, and beat in the flour mixture alternately with the molasses mixture, beating well after each addition. Divide the batter among 12 paper-lined ½-cup muffin tins and bake the cupcakes in the middle of a preheated 350&#176:F. oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Turn the cupcakes out onto a rack and let them cool completely.

In another bowl beat together the cream cheese, the butter, and the confectioners' sugar until the icing is fluffy and spread the icing on the cupcakes.

Makes 12 cupcakes.

Gourmet February 1992

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