Yesterday I did a major sort out of my bedroom to get everything organised (for a change) and found a massive bag of chocolates I had received over the Christmas period. In this bag were three Terry’s Chocolate Oranges (one of my absolute favourites). Usually when I have chocolate oranges I use them to make chocolate orange cookies, however this time I thought I would try something different.
My mum had recently bought me a carry case designed specifically for carrying cupcakes (only a pound from poundland!) and I was dying to try it out. Solution = Terry’s chocolate orange cupcakes. I trawled through the internet trying to find a recipe that didn’t just make plain cupcakes with chocolate orange chips in it and found this one from whatjessicabakednext.com
http://whatjessicabakednext.com/2013/12/07/terrys-chocolate-orange-cupcakes/
They looked so good with the icing and the choc orange segment on top so I followed the recipe exactly and this was my result (below).
I made 10 cupcakes (nearly muffin sized cupcakes really) and they have an orange zest flavoured sponge with milk chocolate chips and a chocolate orange buttercream top. These cakes are so so good, even if I do say so myself! Recipe can be easily doubled or halved, and it worked out perfectly as I used 100g melted choc orange for the icing and there were 10 segments left to be used for my 10 cupcakes as decoration!
Definitely a must if you or anyone you know is a fan of chocolate orange, so give it a go!
Happy Baking,
H x
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