Orange Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

Cupcakes, cupcakes and more cupcakes...this little cakes in cups has become a trend now. Anywhere and everywhere bakery around the world proudly displaying their cute little cupcakes to attract kids and adults alike. 1001 flavours and creative swirl of frostings and sprinkles, who can resist a cupcake??


For Cupcakes

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
3 eggs
1 cup granulated white sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup orange juice
2 tbsp orange zest

Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

200 g cream cheese
3 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 cup butter. room temperature
1 tsp orange essence
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp orange zest
Few tbsp milk(if needed)

Making Cupcakes

Methods

Preheat oven to 350 F

In a electric mixer, beat in sugar,butter,eggs and vanilla essence till creamy in medium speed

In a large bowl sift in flour,baking powder and salt. Alternate by adding dry ingredients with orange juice into the creamy butter mixture. add in the orange zest and beat till all ingredients combined and smooth.

With an ice cream scoop, scoop in the batter into the cupcake liner. Place cupcakes in the center rack of the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes. Once done cool in wire rack

Making Cream Cheese Frosting 

Methods 

Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese,butter,orange essence and vanilla essence on medium speed until light and fluffy

Reduce to low speed, gradually add in confectioners sugar one cup each time. Increase speed to medium and beat till smooth

Put frosting in a piping bag fitted with large star tip and start piping the frosting from center of the cupcake, working your way around circling the entire area of each cake.

Garnish with orange zest and take your first bite of your hard work

Notes

• Instead of piping, you could spread the frosting using spatula, by halving the frosting recepi

• For the frosting, if the batter is too thick you can loosen it with few tbsp of milk. If too runny you can add in more confectioners sugar to thicken it. Remember to add 1 tbsp at a time

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