Orange Chocolate Cupcake

Name: Orange Chocolate Cupcake
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 3 oranges; 1 box chocolate cake mix; 3 eggs; ½ cup oil; 1 cup orange juice; 4 oz cream cheese, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon orange zest, plus more for garnish; 8 tablespoons butter, room temperature; 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar

Recipe by Dhruv Vohra from tasty.co

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Ingredients

12 servings

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3 oranges
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1 box chocolate cake mix
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3 eggs
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½ cup oil
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1 cup orange juice

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4 oz cream cheese, room temperature
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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¼ teaspoon orange zest, plus more for garnish
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8 tablespoons butter, room temperature
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1 ¼ cups powdered sugar

Instructions

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!