Gingerbread man is one of the symbols of Christmas, and his image can be capture not only on figures from gingerbread, but also on big festive cake. The easiest way to make such a cake is from cupcakes. Place the ginger cupcakes side by side in human shape, and top with chocolate ginger cream to there were no gaps between the cupcakes and the figure looked whole. Decorate the gingerbread man with various sweets and candies, giving him a face and buttons, and make outlines of the royal glaze. Such a cake will cheer everyone up with their appearance, and its don’t even have to cut it. Just separate the cupcakes from the man and наслаждайтесь. 
Time: 1 hour. Complexity: Easy Servings: 24 pcs. (2 cupcakes per serving) In recipes volumetric containers are used in volume: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cups (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (Art.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
Ginger cream
- 440 gr. (2 tbsp.) Unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 tbsp. l molasses without preservatives
- 1 tbsp. l chocolate nut paste, for example, Nutella
- 3 tbsp. powdered sugar
- 0.5 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
Gingerbread Man
- 48 mini cupcakes (preferably ginger), paper forms take off
- Various sweets, chewing marmalade and royal icing for decorating
- Special equipment: large and flat serving dish, large pastry bag with a tip star and small pastry bag with a simple round tip
Recipes with similar ingredients: butter, molasses, chocolate-nut paste, powdered sugar, cocoa, ground ginger, vanilla extract
Recipe preparation:
- For ginger cream: In a large bowl, beat with a mixer on medium speed butter, molasses and chocolate-nut paste to a homogeneous consistency. Scrape the mixture off the sides of the bowl. Add icing sugar, cocoa, ginger, vanilla and salt and beat on moderately low speed, increasing as you add ingredients. Whisk at a moderately high speed for a few seconds until the cream becomes completely homogeneous.
- For the gingerbread man: Place the cupcakes on the dish in the shape of a man (take about 14 cupcakes to make head, 14 cupcakes for arms and chest and 20 cupcakes for the abdomen and feet).
- Transfer the cream into a large pastry bag with a tip star and drop it with curls, generously covering the tops of each cupcake (the cream on each cupcake should touch the cream on the adjacent cupcake). Then fill the gaps with cream. Decorate a person candies and sweets. Fill a small pastry bag with round tip with royal icing and garnish gingerbread man at will.
