Get creative with this delicious Christmas Cupcake recipe!

Ingredients:

• 1½ cups plain flour
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup packed dark brown sugar
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup molasses
• 1 large egg plus 2 large egg yolks, room temperature
• 1½ cups mashed banana
• ¼ cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons peeled minced fresh ginger

• Frosting:
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 to 2 tablespoons whole milk
• ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• Ginger cookies, optional

Step 1

Heat oven to 350° F and line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and salt in a medium bowl.

Step 2

Combine the brown sugar, vegetable oil, molasses, egg, and egg yolks in a large bowl. Stir in the mashed bananas, sour cream, and ginger.

Step 3

Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined.