Janna Ellis from Granite Bakery shares her recipe for orange cupcakes. For more information visit
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RECIPE: ORANGE CUPCAKES.
1 ¾ cup cake flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup orange juice
1 stick of butter, softened
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Cream these ingredients together thoroughly.
Add dry ingredients to creamed ingredients, 1/3 at a time alternating with adding portions of the orange juice to the creamed mixture.
Place cupcake liners into tins. Spoon batter into cupcake liners, until ½ full.
Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
Cool cupcakes completely before frosting with Cream Cheese Icing.
