Step by step

Mix the flour with the baking powder and the spices and fold in to the beaten mixture

Tips
The best accompaniment for your gingerbread cupcakes with meringue and almond icing, especially during Christmas, is a lovely mulled wine.
Trivia
The recipe for gingerbread cupcakes is clearly of Anglo-Saxon origin and is so named due to the fact that these cakes used to be made using ingredients measured by the cup.