Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• Butter 4 oz
• Caster sugar 4 oz
• Eggs 2
• Flour 4 oz
• Baking powder 1-1/2 tsp
• Cocoa powder 1 oz
• Finely grated rind of 1 orange
• Orange peel to decorate

Icing:

• Chocolate 4 oz
• Butter 4 oz
• Icing sugar 4 oz
• Cocoa powder 2 tbsp

Method:

• Beat butter and caster sugar, add eggs, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, orange rind and beat till creamy. Pour in cupcake cases and bake at 180 degrees C for 20 minutes. Cool when done. For the icing, melt chocolate on a double boiler and let cool. Beat butter, add in icing sugar, sifted cocoa powder and cooled chocolate and pipe on the cooled cupcakes and decorate with orange peel and serve.