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Orange Cream & Chocolate Cupcakes

Author: Diane Schmidt - createdbydiane.com

Ingredients

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix I used Betty Crocker German Chocolate and ingredients to prepare mix.
  • 1 teaspoon orange emulsion or orange extract

Orange Cream Frosting

  • 1 cup butter
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon orange emulsion or orange extract
  • 2 drops orange color I use Americolor Coloring

chocolate drizzle

  • 2 oz chocolate candy melts

toppers

  • Orange Sixlets Candy

Instructions

  • Prepare cupcake mix according to package directions, adding in the orange emulsion with the other liquids.
  • Pour batter into cupcake pans lined with cupcake papers and bake according to directions.
  • Let cupcakes cool completely before frosting.

Frosting

  • Place butter in mixer bowl and beat until smooth, add in sugar, milk, orange emulsiona and orange color.
  • Add more powdered sugar if it's not stiff enough 1/4 cup at a time as needed.
  • Pipe onto cupcakes with a 2D tip (how to video here on piping cupcakes)

Chocolate Drizzle

  • Melt chocolate candy melts in microwave in a microwave safe bowl until thin and smooth, then transfer to a plastic bag with small hole cut into corner and drizzle over cupcakes.
  • Place an orange Sixlet candy on each cupcake.