Chocolate-Orange Cupcakes
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Cooking:
30 min.
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Servings per container:
12
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Ingredients for - Chocolate-Orange Cupcakes

1. All-purpose flour - ½ cup
2. White sugar - ½ cup
3. White sugar, divided - 5 tablespoons
4. Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
5. Unsalted butter - 3 tablespoons
6. Milk - ½ cup
7. Dark chocolate, melted - 2 ounces
8. Egg - 1
9. Orange, juiced - 1
10. White sugar - 3 tablespoons
11. Unsalted butter, softened - ½ cup
12. Unsalted butter, softened - 1 tablespoon
13. Confectioners' sugar - 9 ounces
14. Milk, or more as needed - 2 tablespoons
15. White chocolate, melted - 2 ounces
16. Orange, zested - 1
17. Orange-flavored chocolate - 4 ounces

How to cook deliciously - Chocolate-Orange Cupcakes

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.

2. Stage

Mix flour, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, and baking powder together in a food processor. Add butter and pulse until combined.

3. Stage

Whisk milk, melted dark chocolate, and egg together in a measuring cup. Stir chocolate mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes.

5. Stage

Heat orange juice and remaining 3 tablespoons sugar together over low heat until sugar has dissolved, 3 to 4 minutes. Carefully spoon orange juice mixture over warm cupcakes and set aside to cool completely, 15 to 30 minutes more.

6. Stage

Beat 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Carefully stir in confectioners' sugar and continue to beat for 5 minutes. Beat in milk, melted white chocolate, and orange zest.

7. Stage

Decorate cooled cupcakes with icing.

8. Stage

Cut orange-flavored chocolate into shavings using a sharp knife or a vegetable peeler and use to decorate cupcakes.