Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
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Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
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Easy recipe for zesty chocolate orange cupcakes. Topped off with chocolate frosting and orange peel. The perfect cake for chocolate orange lovers!
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Ingredients
Ingredients for Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
- ½ cup orange juice fresh, not from concentrate
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- ½ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoon butter softened at room temperature, unsalted
- ½ cup granulated sugar or caster sugar, superfine
- ¼ cup light brown sugar firmly packed
- 2 egg large
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour or plain flour
- 5 tablespoon cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Ingredients for Ganache Frosting
- 12 oz dark chocolate chips or finely chopped solid chocolate
- 1½ cups heavy cream or double cream
- candied citrus peel optional decoration
Instructions
Instructions for Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
- Preheat you oven to 350°F (175C/155C Fan) and line a 12-hole cupcake pan.
- Place the orange juice, milk and vanilla extract in a small jug and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Then add the orange juice mixture and orange zest. Beating to blend together.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt into the mixing bowl and stir thoroughly with a spatula until just combined. Be sure there are no remaining pockets of flour.
- Spoon out into prepared cupcake tray and bake in the centre of the preheated oven for about 22 minutes - start checking around 20 minutes and remove once a skewer inserted in the centre of one of the middle cupcakes comes out clean.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack and frost with ganache or chocolate buttercream and top with citrus peel.
Instructions for Ganache Frosting
- To make ganache for these cupcakes, simply heat the cream in a saucepan over a medium heat until simmering. Allow to simmer for a couple of minutes (but do not bring to a boil) and then pour over the chocolate chips in a heat proof bowl. Let this sit for about 2 minutes to begin melted and then stir until smooth.
- Allow to cool for about half an hour until the consistency has thickened to a more stable, but pipe-able consistency.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
413kcal
(21%)
Carbohydrates
46g
(15%)
Protein
5.9g
(12%)
Fat
25.8g
(40%)
Saturated Fat
15.8g
(79%)
Cholesterol
84mg
(28%)
Sodium
218mg
(9%)
Potassium
139mg
(3%)
Fiber
1.2g
(5%)
Sugar
27.9g
(56%)
Calcium
46mg
(5%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 413 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 413kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 46g | 15% |
| Protein | 5.9g | 12% |
| Fat | 25.8g | 40% |
| Saturated Fat | 15.8g | 79% |
| Cholesterol | 84mg | 28% |
| Sodium | 218mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 139mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1.2g | 5% |
| Sugar | 27.9g | 56% |
| Calcium | 46mg | 5% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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