Orange Cupcake with Red Wine Frosting

Ingredients list for Orange Cupcake with Red Wine Frosting

• 1 cup cup Refined flour (maida)
• ¼ cup Orange juice
• Zest of 1 orange
• 1 cup Butter
• 10-15 cup Castor oil
• 2 Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• for garnishing Blueberries
• for garnishing Fresh mint sprigs
• Frosting
• 1 cup Red wine
• ¼ cup Castor sugar (caster sugar)
• 1 cup Butter
• ½ cup Icing sugar
• ¼ teaspoon Vanilla essence

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180° C. Place silicon cupcake moulds on a baking tray and line them with slightly smaller paper cupcake cases.
2. Cream together butter and castor sugar in a bowl with an electric beater.
3. Break in an egg and whisk.Break in another egg and add orange zest and whisk well.
4. Sieve together flour and baking powder into the mixture and fold in well. Add orange juice and mix well.
5. Fill a piping bag with this batter and pipe into the lined cupcake moulds upto ¾ full.
6. Place the baking tray in the preheated oven and bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
7. Heat red wine in a non-stick pan. Add castor sugar, mix and cook till it reduces to thick syrup consistency. Remove from heat and cool.
8. Cream together butter and icing sugar in another bowl. Add vanilla essence and mix. Add some reduced red wine and mix well.
9. Fill a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle with the frosting mixture and pipe out rosettes on top of the cupcakes.
10. Serve garnished with fresh blueberries and mint sprigs.