Orange Cupcakes
One of the favorite baked treats! These moistand flavorful cupcakes are studded with refreshing orange flavor.
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp orange zest grated
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp orange extract
- ⅓ cup fresh orange juice
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter
- ⅓ cup fresh orange juice
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp heavy cream Fill cupcake pans appropriately.
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 ºF.
- Line 18 cups of 2 muffin tins with paperliners.
- For cupcakes: in a large bowl, combine flour, bakingpowder, cinnamon,orange zest and salt.
- Add eggs, oil, sugar,vanilla, orange extract and orange juice and with an electric mixer on mediumspeed until well blended.
- Place the mixture into the papered muffincups.
- Bake for approximately 25-30 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove the muffin tin from oven and placeonto a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Carefully invert the cupcakes onto a wirerack to cool completely before frosting.
- Meanwhile, for frosting: in a bowl, addbutter, orangejuice, sugar, heavy cream and salt and mix with a hand mixer until smooth.
- Spread frosting over each cupcake evenly andserve.
Nutrition
Calories: 216kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 2gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 95mgPotassium: 13mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 182IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg
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