{"id":2207,"date":"2012-02-29T01:22:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T01:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2012-10-22T23:14:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T23:14:03","slug":"fresh-orange-cupcakes-with-double-chocolate-frosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2012\/02\/29\/fresh-orange-cupcakes-with-double-chocolate-frosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Orange Cupcakes with Double Chocolate Frosting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div style=\"width: 300px;\" data-width=\"300\" class=\"ratio-wrap-center\"><div class=\"ratio-box\" style=\"padding-bottom: 75% !important;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2219 lazyload\" title=\"choc orange cupcake_blog\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/choc-orange-cupcake_blog-300x225.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/choc-orange-cupcake_blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/choc-orange-cupcake_blog.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/img><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While at Trader Joe\u2019s the other day, we picked up some fresh oranges that were just begging to be used in a recipe. \u00a0I immediately thought of orange and chocolate\u2026can you tell I want Spring to get here??<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These yummy cupcakes get a double hit of fresh oranges with orange zest and freshly-squeezed orange juice. \u00a0{There\u2019s nothing better than freshly-squeezed orange juice!} \u00a0They\u2019re super easy to make, extra moist, and they\u2019re just bursting with orange flavor!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I actually mixed in the orange zest with the sugar, and the smell of that alone makes these cupcakes worthwhile. \u00a0Trust me, if you\u2019re a fan at all of oranges or freshly-squeezed orange juice, these cupcakes are for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wait, did I mention the frosting? \u00a0Double chocolate, because orange and chocolate go so well together, adding more chocolate makes it even better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">{I added a little candied orange peel in there, just to make them look extra nice. \u00a0You can find the recipe I used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/giada-de-laurentiis\/candied-orange-peel-recipe\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!}<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9999;\">Fresh Orange Cupcakes with\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9999;\">Double Chocolate Frosting<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cupcakes<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 tablespoon orange zest<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 cup freshly-squeezed orange juice<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup milk*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Frosting<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 stick butter*, at room temperature<\/li>\n<li>2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, melted and cooled (I used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scharffenberger.com\/chocolate\/our-chocolate\/baking\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scharffen Berger<\/a>\u00a062%)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup milk*<\/li>\n<li>4 cups powdered sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cupcakes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and line a cupcake tray with cupcake liners.<\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl, use your fingers to mix the orange zest into the sugar. \u00a0Whisk in the flour, salt, and baking soda.<\/p>\n<p>In a medium bowl, whisk together the freshly-squeezed orange juice, oil, vanilla, and milk.<\/p>\n<p>Slowly add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients, whisking until combined.<\/p>\n<p>Divide the batter (which will be liquidy) evenly among the lined cupcake tins, filling each about 3\/4 full.<\/p>\n<p>Bake at 350 degrees, rotating halfway, for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.<\/p>\n<p>Let cool before frosting.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Frosting<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the bowl of your mixer, beat the butter until light, about 1 minute.<\/p>\n<p>Add the cooled melted chocolate, and beat for 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Add the cocoa powder, and beat on low for 30 seconds, then on medium for 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Beat in the vanilla and milk.<\/p>\n<p>Add in the powdered sugar, 1\/2 cup at a time, beating at low-medium speed for 15-20 seconds after each addition.<\/p>\n<p>Beat the frosting for 1 additional minute.<\/p>\n<p>Frost the cupcakes, and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Makes 12 cupcakes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Original recipe by La Casa de Sweets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*To make the vegan version of these cupcakes, just use soy milk and Earth balance spread in place of the milk and butter in the recipe!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: these cupcakes are bursting with orange flavor.  You may feel an overwhelming desire for Spring, picking oranges, and sunny days!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,446,56,110,329],"tags":[333,322,335,273,334],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2209,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions\/2209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}