Orange cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing

I haven’t made cup cakes at home for long.  So baked these beautiful cupcakes over the weekend. They came out so wonderful and the frosting was so yummy!! Loved it!!

I thought to use orange in these cupcakes as this blend of fruit would be the perfect way to kick off our summer.

Ingredients:

For 8 Cupcakes

All purpose flour – 1 cup

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Whole milk – 4 tsp

Vanilla extract – 1 tsp

Unsalted butter –1/4 cup, room temperature

Egg – 2

Sugar – 3/4 cup

Orange juice - 5 tsps

Orange zest - of 1 orange

Salt a pinch

For frosting

Cream cheese – 40 oz, room temperature

Vanilla extract – 1 tsp

Powdered sugar – 1 cup

Preparation

• In a medium bowl, take unsalted butter, sugar and beat for few minutes until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs and mix well.
• Add vanilla extract, baking powder, milk, orange juice and mix well.
• Slowly add the flour , salt (a pinch) and  mix well.
• Now add Orange zest and mix well
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Put paper liners in 8 cupcake tins and fill them to ¾ with batter.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
• Transfer cupcakes and let them cool before icing.

For frosting 

• In a bowl beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add vanilla and mix well.
• Frosting should be dense and creamy.
• Use your creativity to decorate the cupcake using frosting bags.

Note : Put the frosting after the cupcake gets cooled, if not frosting melts.


Sending this to Veggie/Fruit a Month - Orange hosted by Savitha originally started by Priya and Let's Cook - Break Time Snacks hosted by Radhika