I bought E above book abt 3 months ago, however I only tried 1 of E recipe. E tag line of E book was “The Only Cupcake Compendium You’ll Ever Need” I guess if I were to try 1 recipe in every 3 months, It would indeed be E only book I need. There’s enough recipes to last me for a lifetime!! 😀
Anyways I have been wanting to try this recipe for quite some time now. All E oranges that we have at home was a good excuse to try this recipe. I made 2 different topping for E cupcakes. E original version with E orange syrup and some of these cuties were top with some orange butter cream. It was suuuuuuuuuuuperb! E syrup made E cake really moist. Very pleasant indeed. I loved it and so did my family members.
Mandarin Orange Cupcakes
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 mins
Ingredients
For the cupcakes
- 2 large mandarin oranges- deseeded and cubed
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup superfine sugar
- 1/2 cup semolina
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1/2 cup self-raising flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
For the sugar syrup
- 1 peeled orange rind – Cut into thin strips
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
Instructions
For the sugar syrup
- In a pan, bring the sugar and water to a simmer. Add orange strips and boil uncovered for 5 minutes
For the cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 160C.
- In a saucepan, cover chopped oranges with water and simmer until tender for 15 minutes. Cool. Drain the fruit and puree in a food processor.
- Cream together butter and sugar until creamy. Add in eggs, 1 by 1.
- Gently stir in the rest of the ingredients, including the orange puree, until well combined.
- Spoon the mixture into cupcake cases and bake for 20-30 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool cupcakes for about 30 minutes and then spoon warm syrup onto each cupcake.
- Store in an air-tight container.
Notes
Although it is already delicious on it’s own, you can also pipe some butter-cream over the cupcakes.
Nutrition
- Calories: 3110
- Sugar: 326g
- Sodium: 175mg
- Fat: 123g
- Saturated Fat: 64g
- Unsaturated Fat: 50g
- Trans Fat: 4g
- Carbohydrates: 479g
- Fiber: 11g
- Protein: 37g
- Cholesterol: 616mg
Those look lovely. But I’m not baking now. 🙂
Yes2, U shouldnt. U deserve a break after E many bakes of cny 😉