Bonfire night is just around the corner and what better way to get in the mood, than baking yourself some chocolate orange cupcakes, bonfire night edition? I’m not usually one for celebrating Halloween or bonfire night, but I’m trying to enjoy more events throughout the year, other than Christmas and New Years. The other night I decided to bake some chocolate cupcakes with an orange twist, in the form of orange flavoured icing, topped off with a Cadbury’s flake.
| CUPCAKE INGREDIENTS
100g Plain Flour
20g Cocoa Powder
140g Caster Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
Pinch of Salt
40g Unsalted Butter (at room temperature)
120ml Whole Milk
1 Egg
Zest
of One Orange
Orange
Extract
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
12 Hole Cupcake Tray
12 Paper Cases
| CUPCAKE INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 170C(325F) Gas 3
2. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter either with an electric whisk, handheld whisk or wooden spoon until you have a smooth, combined consistency.
3.Whisk the milk, egg, orange zest, orange extract and vanilla extract together in a jug and then slowly pour the mixture into the flour then beat it together until the mixture is smooth.
4. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until two-thirds full and bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the sponge bounces back when touched. A skewer inserted in the center should come out clean.
5. Leave the cupcakes to cool slightly in the tray before turning out onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely before decorating.
| DECORATION INGREDIENTS
300g Icing Sugar
4 or 5 Cadbury Flakes
150g Softened Unsalted Butter
Orange extract
Orange Food Colouring
Piping Bag & Nozzle
| DECORATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Beat together the icing sugar and butter together until smooth. Add half a teaspoon of orange food colouring and half a teaspoon of orange extract.
2. Break up your flakes in to a bowl.
3. Put a small bit of icing on to each cupcake for the flakes to adhere to.
4. Arrange your flakes as desired on each cupcake to create a bonfire appearance.
