**This is not my recipe**
As someone who could barely be constituted an amateur baker, it is still something that I love even if I struggle to find the time.
Therefore these chocolate orange cupcakes are made often and are very easy to do. It is easy to love the flavor combination and they are match made in heaven. The little trick that works so well is adding chopped Terry Chocolate Orange to the cake mix.Â
These gone down a treat at work and at home! I find adding the small Terry;s Chocolate Orange pieces better as the normal full sized segments to me are just a little too big, these ones can nestle among the buttercream *nom*
Recipe:
Cupcakes
150 g Unsalted Butter
150 g Caster Sugar
120 g Self Raising Flour
30 g Cocoa Powder
3 Medium Eggs
Zest of 1 Orange (or 2 tsp extract)
150 g Terry's Chocolate Orange
Buttercream
150 g Unsalted Butter
350 g Icing Sugar
Orange Food Colouring
Juice of 1 Orange (or 1 tsp extract)
Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan, line a muffin tray with cases. Chop your Chocolate Orange.
Beat the Butter and Caster Sugar together until smooth and fluffy, I beat mine for 2 minutes.
Add the Self-Raising Flour, Cocoa Powder & Eggs and beat again.Â
Fold through the Chocolate Orange Chunks & Orange Zest and spoon into your cases – I find using an Ice-cream scoop is easier as it makes each cupcake have the same amount!
Bake in the oven for 17-20 minutes until cooked through! Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Beat the Butter for 3-4 minutes until very smooth and supple, you need it to be smooth so that the Icing Sugar goes in easier!
Gradually add the Icing Sugar beat each time – add the Orange Flavouring, and Food Colouring – I like to use the Fresh Orange Juice, but if you’d rather add the Flavour Extract that is fine too!
Pipe your Buttercream onto the cakes how you please and decorate!
Easy!Â