Chocolate Beet Cupcakes With Orange Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

CHOCOLATE BEET CUPCAKES WITH ORANGE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Peel the beets with a vegetable peeler. Grate beets using lrg holes of grater (use gloves or beets will dye hands).
• Spray muffin tins with cooking spray.
• Combine sugars, oil, and eggs in lrg bowl, beat at med speed until well blended. Add beets and beat well.
• In seperate lrg bowl add flour, and other dry ingredients and whisk together until mixed.
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk. Beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Pour batter into cupcake tins and tap on counter to remove air bubbles.
• Bake at 350 for 20-30 min or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 mins on wire racks, remove from pans and cool completely.
• Frosting:.
• Beat rind, vanilla, and cream cheese with mixer at high speed until fluffy. Add powdered sugar and beat at low speed until blended. (don not overbeat).
• Frost cupcakes and sprinkle with walnuts if using.
• Store in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE-ORANGE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
• In medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder; set aside. In small bowl, mix hot water and cocoa until dissolved; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat shortening with electric mixer on medium speed 30 seconds. Gradually add granulated sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping bowl occasionally. Beat 2 minutes longer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla and orange peel. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture, about one-third at a time, and cocoa mixture, about half at a time, beating just until blended.
• Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each with about 3 tablespoons batter or until about two-thirds full.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans; place on cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In large bowl, mix butter and melted chocolate until blended. Stir in powdered sugar. Beat in 2 teaspoons vanilla and 2 tablespoons orange juice until smooth. If necessary, beat in additional orange juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, until frosting is spreadable. Spread frosting on cooled cupcakes.
• Cut each orange slice candy horizontally in half; cut each half equally into 6 pieces. Garnish each cupcake with 3 pieces of candy.

ORANGE CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Cut orange in half. With a paring knife, carefully cut along the entire edge. With a spoon, scoop out the "meat" and set aside in a bowl. Repeat for all oranges. This will yield 6 empty orange halves.
• Juice the orange, reserve for the cake mix.
• Pre heat oven to 350°F (175°C). In a medium bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, oil and freshly squeezed orange juice. Mix until the batter has no lumps.
• Place the orange cups into a muffin tin and fill with ¼ cup (60 g) of the chocolate batter.
• Bake 25 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, blend cream cheese, vanilla extract and orange zest until nice and smooth. Add butter and mix on medium high for a couple of minutes. Add powdered sugar and mix until the frosting is uniformly smooth. Put icing into a piping bag.
• Let cup cakes cool down. Top the cakes with icing. Sprinkle extra orange zest on top for garnish.
• Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE BEET CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake papers. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place the chopped chocolate and 2 tablespoons of the butter in a microwavable bowl and microwave on low, at 30 second intervals, until ingredients are melted.
• Stir often during the melting process. Stir until smooth and set aside to cool slightly.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In the bowl beat remaining butter and sugar together until well combined. Beat in egg and vanilla. Beat in beet purée, followed by melted chocolate mixture.
• Using a sturdy spatula, fold in flour mixture by hand. Do not over mix.
• Using a lever ice cream scoop to make the job easier and mess-free, divide cupcake batter among muffin cups.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in tins for a few minutes, then cool cupcakes completely on a wire rack.
• With an electric mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add beet juice, icing sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• Frost cupcakes as desired. Makes enough for twelve cupcake.
• Use a spatula or piping bag to frost cupcakes.