Mum has been asking me to bake these cupcakes for some time and I have been putting it off for various reasons. However as we were due to celebrate my uncle’s birthday, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to whip these up. Plus it’s a perfect flavour combination which gets everyone in the Christmas spirit.
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As always this delightful pairing never ceases to disappoint. The aroma that permeates questions whether one is eating a Jaffa Cake or Terry’s Chocolate Orange – neither. In fact it is a rich, (aptly named) dense, moist, chocolately orange cupcake that it paired with a lovely chocolate ganache, topped off with a slice of caramilised orange.
I’m so happy with the way they turned out just as I envisaged; classy and chic. Don’t they look like they belong in a dessert display stand in some fancy chic café?
Rich Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
Yields 18 cupcakes
Ingredients
Cake
175g butter
250g castor sugar
6 eggs, separated
175g plain chocolate, melted
175g ground almonds
4 oranges, rind and juiced
225g self raising flour
25g cocoa powder
Ganache
115g plain chocolate
25g butter
45ml double cream
Method
Cake
1. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Gradually beat in egg yolks followed by melted chocolate.
3. Fold in almonds. Next add the rind and juice.
4. In a separate grease free bowl, whisk egg white until it forms soft peaks.
5. Fold egg whites into the chocolate mixture.
6. Sift flour and cocoa powder and add the to wet mixture slowly using a spatula.
7. Pour into cupcake liners and bake for 15-20 minutes at 170C, preheated oven.
Ganache
1. Melt chocolate, butter and cream in a bowl over a pot of water.
2. Cool and chill until it hardens and achieves a pipe-able consistency.
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Nb: If you’re not a big fan of rind, I would suggest grating it much finer than seen in the photo.
I also found that the cupcake liners came off very easily which resulted in me removing all the liners for before serving. Not too sure why it does that though.