Dreamsicle Cupcakes

February 27, 2012 · by · 7 Comments

February is coming to an end, and I couldn’t be happier with the response to the all new Seasonal Potluck. I’m pleased to announce that the March ingredient is artichokes! As Kelley and I know all too well, often things that are in “season” in San Diego, are not necessarily ready at the same time in Chicago. Therefore, we’ll be leaving the oranges link party for February open so people can keep on adding their orange recipes as well.

I’m sad to see orange month end. I’ve really been enjoying just eating oranges straight up. Sometimes I cut them in wedges and eat them off the rind, and pretend I’m a little kid at a soccer game again. For my orange month recipe finale, I thought I’d go with something sweet. My orange creamsicle cookies were such a hit, I thought, why not make a cupcake? Big thanks to pinterest for the  recipe inspiration.

Dreamsicle Cupcakes recipe from Homemade by Holman

Cupcakes:

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 T citrus olive oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 T vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pans with paper liners.  (This made 16 cupcakes for me.)
Combine butter, olive oil and sugar and mix on medium high speed about three minutes until light and fluffy.  Add vanilla and eggs and mix about one more minute until well incorporated.  Stir in orange zest.  In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.  Separately combine heavy cream and orange juice.  Add 1/3 of the flour mixture, followed by 1/2 of the cream mixture and repeat, finishing with the flour.  Mix until just incorporated after each addition. 
Scoop batter into prepared liners, filling about 2/3 of the way full.  Bake about twenty minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Cool in pans about five minutes and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
 
Marshmallow Cream Filling:
  • 7 oz marshmallow fluff
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
Cut butter into small pieces and add to fluff in a mixing bowl.  Beat on medium speed until smooth and creamy.  Cut a small cone shape into the top of each cupcake and spoon marshmallow cream into wells allowing the cream to puddle on top of the cupcake slightly.  (Don’t add too much, when you add the buttercream, it will cause the cream to move out toward the edges of the cupcakes.)
Orange Buttercream:
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1/8 – 1/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • **I added a few drops of orange food coloring
 Beat butter on medium speed until light and fluffy, about three minutes.  Add orange juice, zest, and vanilla and mix until well combined.  Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, mixing until incorporated to reach desired consistency.  Whip on medium high speed about two minutes until smooth and creamy.  Transfer to a piping bag fitted with desired tip and pipe onto cupcakes. 
I hope everyone had a great weekend. It was pretty low key around here. Errands, yard work, movies etc. I’m looking forward to March starting this week for several reasons. 1. daylight savings time soon! 2. tax season over soon! 3. learning to like artichokes…ehhh. 4. another month is another opportunity for inspiration and creation! Have a great week everyone
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Comments

  1. beti says:
    February 28, 2012 at 1:02 am

    I’ve never made anything with orange but your cupcakes and cookies sound great so I might try them, I’m excited about those artichoke recipes!

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  2. Channy says:
    March 2, 2012 at 2:21 am

    I followed everything to a T, but my cupcakes ended up having orange oil soak through to the bottom of the cupcake, leaving it sort of saturated on the bottom. ;_;

    Did yours do the same thing?

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    • betsy says:
      March 2, 2012 at 10:29 am

      No, hmmmm. I’m trying to figure out where yours went wrong. Did you do flour mixture-milk mixture-flour mixture-milk mixture-flour mixture when blending your batter? Maybe decrease the amount of butter…..so sorry this didn’t work out for you! Now you’ve peaked my curiosity so I guess I’ll have to make them again to find out! I’ll keep you posted

      Reply
  3. Choc Chip Uru says:
    March 2, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    What a gorgeous cupcake – beautiful colours, flavours and a die for centre :D

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru
    Latest: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Peanut Butter M&Ms Peanut Butter Giant Cookie

    Reply
  4. TammyC says:
    March 9, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    Where can I find Citrus Olive Oil? I’ve looked in several different stores locally and can not find it.

    Reply

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