FILLED AND FROSTED ORANGE CUPCAKES

Filled and Frosted Orange Cupcakes image

These moist orange-flavored cupcakes with vanilla cream filling and vanilla buttercream frosting are sure to remind you of a cool orange creamsicle on a hot summer's day!

Provided by Taste & Love

Time 1h20m

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 20

Ingredients

cooking spray
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 ¼ cups white sugar
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons grated orange zest
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup milk
½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
½ cup heavy cream
¼ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
4 cups powdered sugar
¼ cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt
20 large strips orange peel, or as needed

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 20 standard-sized muffin cups with muffin liners and spray lightly with cooking spray.
Mix butter for cupcakes in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add sugar and beat for 2 more minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition until incorporated. Mix in orange zest.
Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a small bowl. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the milk, beating batter briefly after each addition. Mix in orange juice. Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups until they are about 2/3 to 3/4 full.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, put a mixing bowl in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Remove bowl from the freezer and add heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla for filling. Whip with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form (make sure they don't fall over), 3 to 5 minutes. Don't overmix or your whipped cream will start separating and turning into butter. Put filling in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Cream softened butter for frosting with an electric mixer for 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low and gradually mix in powdered sugar. Beat for 2 minutes. Mix in milk, vanilla, and salt.
Use a serrated knife to make a 3/4-inch hole in the center of each cooled cupcake. Fill the holes with filling and frost the tops with frosting. Garnish each cupcake with an orange peel.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 383 calories, Carbohydrate 51.4 g, Cholesterol 70.4 mg, Fat 19.2 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 11.9 g, Sodium 188.1 mg, Sugar 40.8 g