This has got to be the quickest, easiest cupcake recipe ever! Use a food processor or large blender and you can literally have these cupcakes in the oven in 5 minutes, perfect if you want to play the domestic god/goddess, without the hassle.
I have made these cupcakes for birthdays, baby showers and Easter celebrations (with different cupcake decorations), and they always go down a treat. See below for cupcake decorating ideas. The below recipe will make approximately 12-15 standard size cupcakes, however the recipe doubles/triples quite well.
Quick & Easy Orange Cupcake Recipe Ingredients
- 1 large orange, zested and juiced
- 125g butter, softened
- 120g caster sugar
- 225g self raising flour
- 2 large eggs
Quick & Easy Orange Cupcake Recipe Method
Preheat oven to 180°C and line a 12 hole muffin tin with cupcake cases/liners (you can order some lovely cupcake cases for many different types of occasions from cake decorating suppliers).
Place butter, eggs, sugar, flour, orange juice and zest into a food processor. Process together for 2-3 minutes until smooth. Spoon mixture into cupcake cases/liners, they should be two thirds full. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes until golden, rotating the tin once during cooking. When tested with a skewer, the skewer should come out clean.
Remove from the oven, allow to cool for 5 minutes in the tin, then remove from the tin and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
Quick & Easy Orange Icing Recipe Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups pure icing sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 small orange, zested and juiced
Quick & Easy Orange Icing Recipe Method
Cupcake Decoration Ideas
Easter Cupcakes
Ice the cupcakes as per instructions above and then place a small fluffy chicken (available from most craft suppliers and newsagencies) on top. Alternatively decorate the cupcakes with small pastel coloured chocolate easter eggs.
Baby Shower Cupcakes
Make the icing as per above, leaving out the orange zest. Tint the icing with a few drops of food colouring; baby blue, soft pink, mint green and baby yellow all look lovely. Top each cupcake with a small edible silver ball (called dragees in America and cachous in Australia) and place on an attractive platter.
Wedding Party Cupcakes
Make the icing as per above, leaving out the orange zest. Tint the icing with a few drops of food colouring in the theme colours of the wedding (very pale pink/yellow looks great). Arrange the cupcakes on a two or three tiered cake board (you can hire or purchase these from cake decorating suppliers), then decorate with a few fresh flower buds in between each cupcake and a larger posy in the centre of the top tier.
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Hi,
I made these yesterday. I misread the directions and added the entire orange!
I cut the orange into wedges and blitzed it completely and put it in a separate bowl.
I then blitzed the sugar and butter together, then added the flour eggs and the orange.
They took a bit over 14 mins to cook, but were really delicious! I thought the tartness from the blitzed orange may be too strong, but not at all!
Thanks for the recipe, I’ll be making these again!
I have made these twice now and both times they were a disaster. Any help would be great. Many thanks
Hi sue,
See my directions above. Hope it works for you
Great recipetastes sublime
Hi Catherine
Glad you like it! Is one of my favourite recipes (so quick and easy).
Cheers
Clair