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Gingerbread Cupcakes with Caramelized Mango Buttercream
Recipe courtesy Bobby Flay, 2007 Show: Throwdown with Bobby Flay Episode: Cupcakes Overall User Rating: 
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downright yummy
06/19/2008 at 10:54am
User: Landon from Robbinsville, NC User Rating:
These cupcakes are great, haven't done them with the Mango Buttercream, but great with a citrus glaze, doesn't matter what you top these babies with tho!!!
Mmmm.. So Good!
06/12/2008 at 11:02pm
User: Haley Joy from Biloxi, MS User Rating:
Fixed this on a Saturday afternoon.. just for the fam! They were perfect for the holidays (especially a warm holiday in the south). I just wish I had enought people to share them with... they were so rich! Also, there was a lot of icing (extra) so think about either making less icing or extra cake.
wonderful!
10/11/2007 at 02:32am
User: Kim from manteca, CA User Rating:
I did as Tim suggested and used 1 C sour cream and these were very moist and quite tasty. I still used the syrup but I put the mango puree in my buttercream frosting recipe. I wasn't disappointed! These are a showstopper in my book!
A couple of changes
07/11/2007 at 02:34pm
User: Tim from Seabrook, SC User Rating:
Bobby commented that his cupcakes came out fry and that's why he made the ginger syrup. I did not. Instead, I substituted 1 cup of sour cream for the water and the cake came out incredibly moist. Also, I decided to use only the corn syrup for the butter cream icing as it was very difficult to mix the syrup into the egg yolk mixture without it crystallizing. And, it is also a good idea to chill the caramelized mangoes before adding them to your butter cream mixture to keep the butter from melting. I stirred mine in an ice bath until they cooled enough to mix. As it came out, it was a very moist and delicious cake with Bobby's signature mixture of bold flavors and flare.
The frosting is awesome!
06/30/2007 at 04:46pm
User: Jodi from Magnolia, TX User Rating:
This recipe is excellent. However, my sister saw the episode and she had me replace the butter with oil and the cupcakes were very moist so you don't have to do the syrup. The frosting makes enough for two to three batches of cupcakes
Fantastic!
06/13/2007 at 12:23am
User: Rina from Spokane, WA User Rating:
The cupcakes were average but the frosting was incredible. The combination of the two made a holiday flavor like gingerbread an all-season dessert. The frosting was a pain in the arse to make and I thought for sure I would never make it again until I tasted the combination. In the future I would make the mango puree a day or so in advance to make the whole project more manageable. My kitchen was a disaster! Also, both the syrup and the frosting were enough for a double batch of cupcakes.
Shocking
06/03/2007 at 04:33pm
User: jeff from encino, CA User Rating:
I made these and the cupcakes were dry and my friends all said the frosting tasted like toothpaste. I'm shocked this recipe won!
Gingerbread Cupcakes Moist and rich.
05/23/2007 at 02:48pm
User: Cheryl from anaheim, CA User Rating:
I can't really rave about the buttercream. It is a hard technique to master, as Italian buttercreams can break so easy. But this cake is great. I found that I didn't need the simple sryup, all by itself the cake was extremely moist. I was surprised because of the use of butter not oil. However, I creamed the butter and sugar forever. Also on the addition of water, I used hot water, and added a little ground clove with the spices. Great flavor and texture.
Pretty good
05/21/2007 at 07:01pm
User: Anonymous User Rating:
the cupcakes tasted great. Had a little trouble with the icing. Didn't get a very good consistency. But they tasted great. A little too much work for me though.
OMG!
05/19/2007 at 06:12pm
User: Carrie from Davis, CA User Rating:
This is what everyone said after the first bite of these delicious morsels!! They are flippin fantastic!
Cupcake tasty, frosting disappointing
05/15/2007 at 11:09am
User: CHARLOTTE from DeSoto, TX User Rating:
The cupcakes came out nicely--good gingerbread flavor. A little drier than I would have liked, but still good. The frosting didn't have much mango taste whatsoever. It also made a ridiculous quantity--I would cut it in 1/2 or use only 1/4 to ice 12 cupcakes. The frosting was also not very solid, but this maybe because I used 3 sticks butter and 1 stick margarine.