orange cupcakes

By grassickkitchen

Ingredients

• Ingredients:
• • 1 3/4 cup cake flour (see tip)
• • 1 cup sugar
• • 1/2 teaspoons salt
• • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• • 2 large eggs, separated and whites
• beaten until stiff
• • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• • 1/2 cup orange juice
• • 1 stick of butter, softened

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Orange Cupcake Recipe:

Directions:

Combine butter, sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Cream these ingredients together thoroughly.

Mix flour, salt, and baking powder together in a separate mixing bowl. Add dry ingredients to creamed ingredients 1/3 at a time alternating with adding portions of the orange juice to the creamed mixture.

Fold in beaten egg whites. Spoon batter into cupcake liners until 1/2 full.

Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool cupcakes completely before frosting with Orange Icing.