Ginger-Orange Cupcakes

15 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Cake Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoons Nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoons Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1/8 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 6 Tablespoons Butter, Softened At Room Temperature
  • 2/3 cups Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Orange Zest
  • 1 Tablespoon Fresh Ginger, Grated
  • 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 3 Tablespoons Orange Juice, Freshly Squeezed
  • 1 whole Egg
  • 1/2 cups Sour Cream
  • 1/4 cups Candied Ginger Finely Chopped

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 350F and prepare the cupcake pans.
  2. 2
    In a large bowl combine the flour, ground ginger, nutmeg, salt, baking soda and baking powder and set aside.
  3. 3
    With a mixer, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy.
  4. 4
    Add the orange zest, grated fresh ginger and vanilla extract and beat until combined. Add the orange juice and egg and beat until smooth.
  5. 5
    Add about 1/3 of the flour mixture, beating on low. Then 1/2 of the sour cream. Repeat ending with the last third of the flour mixture.
  6. 6
    Remove the bowl from the mixer and fold in the candied ginger.
  7. 7
    Fill the prepared cupcake pans half to three-quarters full. (It must be something with my oven, but no matter the recipe, if I fill the cups more than half full they rise too much and end up collapsing in on themselves.)
  8. 8
    Bake until light and golden. For me this was about 17 minutes. Let them cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack until completely cool before frosting.

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