Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

I was asked to make some cakes for a village event and as I scanned my cupboards I noticed a Terrys chocolate orange in one of the cupboards, which gave me the inspiration to make some chocolate orange cupcakes. I do love the combination of chocolate and orange in a cake and of course in chocolate!

Here is my recipe for chocolate orange cupcakes

Makes 14

Ingredients

150g unsalted butter

150g caster sugar

120g self raising flour

30g drinking chocolate powder

3 eggs

packet of orange flavoured chocolate buttons

jar of chocolate orange spread (Tesco do their own version)

250g full fat philadelphia

1 Terrys chocolate orange

Method

Pre heat the oven to 180 oC/160 oC fan 

Beat together the butter and sugar until soft and creamy

Add the beaten egg, flour and drinking chocolate and mix well

Divide the batter between your 14 cup cake paper cases
Place 3 of the orange chocolate buttons into each of the cake cases and using a tsp cover over with the batter

Place in the oven and cook for 20 minutes until cooked through

Remove and allow to cool thoroughly

To make the frosting:

place the cream cheese and 3/4 of the jar of chocolate orange spread in to a bowl and beat together to make a creamy frosting
Place all the frosting into a piping bag and once the cakes are completely cooled down, pipe swirls of frosting on to the top of each cupcake
Then decorate with a slice of chocolate orange

That's it chocolate orange cupcakes - they are not Terry's they are all mine!!!
(except they weren't as I gave them away!)

If you like chocolate orange cakes you will LOVE these , the frosting is just sooooo yummy!