Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, orange and chocolate cupcakes. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chocolate and orange are the ultimate pairing. Prepare to be king or queen of the bake sale with these chocolate cupcakes from the Great British Bake Off! Carefully pour the orange juice mixture over the warm cakes and set aside to cool completely.
Orange and chocolate cupcakes is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Orange and chocolate cupcakes is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook orange and chocolate cupcakes using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Orange and chocolate cupcakes:
- Prepare 135 gms unsalted butter
- Get 110 gms all purpose flour
- Prepare 1/4 tsp soda bicarbonate
- Make ready 1/4 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 25 gms brown sugar
- Prepare 100 gms sugar
- Make ready 15 gms cocoa powder
- Get 2 eggs
- Take 1 Orange Zest
- Get 1.5 tbsp orange juice
- Take For Orange buttercream-
- Take 150 gms icing sugar
- Prepare 200 gms soft butter
- Take 1 orange Zest
- Prepare 1 tsp orange juice
- Get 10 gms orange chocolate (grated for garnishing)
That's true dark chocolate and orange killer combo power! I've ever been having a thing for dark chocolate and orange. These Chocolate Orange Cupcakes are moist chocolate cupcakes made with orange puree to give a hint of fresh and zesty orange flavor in every bite. These cupcakes are a chocolate and orange lover's dream!
Steps to make Orange and chocolate cupcakes:
- Grind white sugar and brown sugar together in a mixer jar. Grind to a fine powder.
- In a large bowl add soft butter (butter should not be too soft as u can see it oily and shiny). Just soft to touch. Sieve all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder)together. Add these dry ingredients to the butter bowl. Then add the eggs and beat for 1 minute. Use an electric hand beater.
- Then add the orange zest and orange juice and mix for another 1 min. The cupcake batter is ready. Line all the cupcake moulds with the cupcake liners. Add the batter to the liners till 3/4 filled. Bake at 170°c for 20 mins. Check with a toothpick.
- Take out the cupcakes from the moulds immediately on a cooling rack and let it cool. The cupcakes should be completely cooled before using butter cream.
- Buttercream: Beat butter for 5 mins till it is soft and pale. (Remember that u should start with soft butter and not oily butter). Sieve the icing sugar to remove lumps if any. Add this to the beaten butter in 2 batches. Beat for another 5 mins till it forms stiff peaks. Add orange zest and orange juice and then beat for another 1 min. Buttercream is ready.
- Pipe the buttercream in a piping bag and decorate the cupcakes according to your choice. Garnish with some grated orange chocolates. Serve for any occasion or party or eat it just like that.
Orange and chocolate as a flavor pairing actually go way back hundreds of years. Add a few drops of orange food colouring to one bowl and stir until the icing turns bright orange. These cupcakes are for life, not just for Autumn, but they sure do look pretty! This is also Vegan orange chocolate cupcake recipe except the frosting. I have made orange flavored frosting and it makes cupcakes more orangey.
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