Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

The baking bug continues, this time I experimented with the frosting to make chocolate orange cupcakes.

For the cakes;

2 eggs
110g self raising flour
110g butter
110g sugar

Mix up the ingredients beating as much air in as possible. Bake at 180 until cakes are golden and cooked through.

For the frosting;

50g butter
200g icing sugar
50g green and blacks cocoa
juice of half an orange
zest of half an orange

Mix the ingredients together, you’re done when you have a smooth shiny mixture. You can adjust the texture by adding more icing sugar. Add more orange zest to taste. Once you’re happy spoon the mixture into a piping bag (if you don’t have a piping bag try Lakeland, or if you’re crafty you can attempt to make your own!). Pipe large swirls onto the cakes and you’re done. I was going to add candied orange peel as decoration but I haven’t figures out how to do that yet!