Step by step
Make the icing by combining the egg whites, sugar and salt in a metal bowl. Place the bowl over a pan with gently simmering water and constantly stir with a whisk until all the sugar has melted and the mixture is warm to the touch.
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.