Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
Really easy to make, everything in one bowl, mix, pour and bake. The best chocolate orange cupcake recipe you'll ever make!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 250 g Plain Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 150 g Caster Sugar
- 175 ml Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 lrg Eggs
- 150 ml Rapeseed Oil
- 50 g Cocoa Powder
- Zest of 1 Orange
- Splash of orange juice (if needed)
- 100 g Chocolate chips
Chocolate Orange Buttercream
- 250 g Unsalted Butter (softened)
- 500 g Icing Sugar (sifted)
- 190 g Plain dark chocolate (melted and cooled)
- 1 Orange zested
- Splash of orange juice (if needed)
Instructions
- Line the muffin tin with your paper cases and pre-heat the oven at 160°C Fan (180°c Gas 4)
- Put all the ingredients into a bowl or mixer and whisk until fully combined and smooth. If the mixture feels a bit thick add a splash of orange juice.
- Divide the mixture among the paper cases and bake for 26-27 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- Meanwhile make the buttercream. Beat the butter until cream and add the sifted icing sugar.
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring between each burst. Let it cool slightly and mix it through the butter with the orange zest adding a little orange juice to loosen if needed.
- Swirl some buttercream over the top of the cupcakes using a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle. Sprinkle with any decorations if you fancy.
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Nutrition
Serving: 12gCalories: 655kcalCarbohydrates: 81gProtein: 5gFat: 37gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 84mgPotassium: 228mgFiber: 4gSugar: 58gVitamin A: 552IUCalcium: 83mgIron: 4mg
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