Frosted gingerbread & Eggnog cupcakes

When you think of Christmas flavors what comes to mind?
How about gingerbread and eggnog?
Both make me think, "Christmas!" and they just might be seasonal flavors that are the most synonymous with the holidays to me.  

Eggnog and Gingerbread Cupcakes from Frosted in Long Beach 
photo by Nikki DeMartini

I peaked into Frosted Cupcakery to see what handcrafted Holiday time cupcakes they had and was delighted to see they had an eggnog cupcake! People either love eggnog or hate it, I love it and was excited to finally try an eggnog cupcake.
Like many other cupcake places, Frosted has a  Chocolate Peppermint cupcake this time of year but their December flavor of the month rang yuletide more. Gingerbread. 

Eggnog cupcakes from Frosted in Long Beach 
photo by Nikki DeMartini

Both had sprinkles on top of their buttercream frosting: the eggnog cupcake with bigger colorful confetti sprinkles, the gingerbread with small colorful sugar crystal sprinkles that remind me of sugar plums dancing in sleepy heads. 

Gingerbread cupcakes from Frosted in Long Beach 
photo by Nikki DeMartini

Rich and creamy buttcream frosting topped both.  The frosting on the eggnog cupcake was tinted with the Wintery drink in flavor as well as color while the frosting on the gingerbread cupcake had a merry and bright zest of lemon in every bite. 

The eggnog cake was so buttery and I can't tell if the frosting was more eggnoggy or the cake itself. It's almost like a vanilla cake with a little Christmas spirit boost. 

Eggnog cupcake from Frosted in Long Beach 
photo by Nikki DeMartini

Gingerbread cupcake from Frosted in Long Beach 
photo by Nikki DeMartini

The gingerbread flavor was just as subtle in the gingerbread cake. It also wasn't as buttery but maybe that's because I waited a day to eat it. 

Christmas time can be overwhelming but there's no overdoing it with these two Christmasy cupcakes from Frosted in Long Beach!