Orange Chocolate Cupcakes. Plus the coffee in this cupcake really enhances that flavor completely! Another thing that really gives this Chocolate Orange Cupcake a delicious twist is that there is actually orange zest mixed into the cupcake itself. So you don't just have orange as the frosting you have it in the cupcake.

Remove the cupcakes from the pan. To make the frosting, melt the chocolate in a double-boiler or in the microwave and let cool to room temperature. Chocolate and orange are the ultimate pairing. You can cook Orange Chocolate Cupcakes using 27 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Orange Chocolate Cupcakes

Prepare of Cupcake.
You need 1 tsp of White vinegar.
You need 1/3 cup of cocoa.
Prepare 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
It's 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
You need 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
You need 1 cup of White sugar.
It's 1 of egg.
Prepare 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
It's 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
Prepare 1/2 cup of hot water.
You need 1/4 tsp of instant coffee.
You need 1/2 cup of whole milk.
It's of Frosting.
Prepare 1/2 cup of whole milk.
You need 2 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar.
You need 1/2 cup of butter.
Prepare 5 of drops of orange color dye.
Prepare of Filling.
It's 1 of egg.
It's 1 of egg yolk.
You need 1/4 cup of orange juice (preferably fresh squeezed).
Prepare 1 of juice of 1 lemon.
You need 1 tbsp of orange zest.
Prepare 30 grams of butter.
You need 1/2 tsp of triple sec liquor.

Prepare to be king or queen of the bake sale with these chocolate orange cupcakes with white chocolate icing. Beat the sugar and butter until creamy, then add in the chocolate melted. Add the orange zest and juice with the cocoa powder afterwards. In a medium sized bowl, add the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, and orange zest.

Orange Chocolate Cupcakes step by step

For the cupcakes: Preheat oven to 180 Celsius. Mix the vinegar with the milk and set for 3 minutes. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the salt and mix. Incorporate the egg, the milk and vinegar mix, the oil and vanilla and integrate everything. Finally add the coffee dissolved in half a cup of hot water. Mix all the ingredients until there are no lumps..
Fill 3/4 of each cupcake sleeve and put on preheated mold (left preheating in the oven). Cook 20-22 minutes..
Filling : Place a heat resistant bowl in a bain marie on low flame and add the sugar, eggs and orange zest. Stir with a wooden spoon until the sugar dissolves, add the orange juice and stir an extra 8-10 min or until the cream thickens. Remove from heat and add the butter and finally add the triple sec. Mix and set until cool..
Filling: Once the cupcakes cool off, with the help of a knife make a small hole in each cupcake, refill with the orange cream and cover with the piece of cupcake you just cut off..
Frosting: Sift the sugar and mix the rest of the ingredients. With a mixer at highest speed mix for 3-5 minutes adding the orange color dye until the mix takes a lighter color. Once the cupcakes cool off apply frosting..

Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on low speed until combined. These Dark Chocolate Orange Cupcakes are so intense in flavors! Fluffy dark chocolate cupcakes frosted with tangy-sweet orange buttercream. Recently on Instagram, I asked my followers which kind of chocolate they love the most. Optional, add a little orange essence or fresh squeezed orange juice to the mixture to give it an extra "zing".