These orange cupcakes are zesty and fragrant. It can be easily whipped up with minimal mixing by just using a rubber spatula. The cake has a little crusty top after baked and you can even eat it without the frosting. Definitely a great treat for everyone to enjoy.
Orange Cupcakes
Ingredients: 145g self-raising flour (1 cup) 60g caster sugar (1/3 cup) 30ml milk 65g butter, melted, cooled 1 egg, 60g – lightly beaten 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 50ml fresh orange juice zest from one orange 150ml fresh topping cream 1tbsp Cointreau or orange juice
Method:
Preheat oven to 200 deg C. Line muffin pan with 7 paper cases. Combine flour and sugar in a bowl. Make a well in the center.
Add milk, butter, egg, orange zest, vanilla extract and orange juice to flour mixture. Gently stir to combine.
Spoon mixture into prepared muffin pan. Bake for about 13-15 minutes or until skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Stand in pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
Combine topping cream and Cointreau together, stir well and whisk cream to peak form.
Fill a piping bag with Wilton nozzle star tip 1M and the whipped cream. Pipe a circular swirl design on the cuppies.