Sweet Mini Orange Cupcakes!

Ohhh how I am longing for some California sunshine! All I want to do is go to our little condo in Palm Springs and pick oranges off the trees nearby... So walking passed these beautiful organic oranges inspired these little bites of sunshine!

Sweet Mini Orange Cupcakes!

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup                         Unsalted butter, room temp
4 oz.                             Cream cheese, room temp
2 cups                           Sugar
4                                   Eggs, large
1 tbls.                           Orange zest
2 tbls.                           Fresh orange juice
3 cups                          All-purpose flour
1 tsp.                            Baking powder
1/2 tsp.                         Baking soda
1/2 tsp.                         Sea salt, fine
1 cup                            Sour cream



Pre-heat oven to 350. Line a mini muffin pan with mini cupcake liners. In a stand mixer with fitted paddle, cream together butter and cream cheese. Slowly add sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time until fully incorporated (Scraping down sides of bowl). Beat in zest and juice. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream until fully incorporated. Drop my the spoonfuls into cupcake liners. Bake until done (toothpick comes out clean, about 10 minutes or so). Cool completely.

Orange Buttercream Frosting:

1 cup                                   Unsalted butter, room temp
5-6 cups                              Powdered sugar
1/4 cup                                Fresh orange juice
                                            Orange zest or orange food coloring (if desired)


In a stand mixer with fitted paddle, cream butter until lightened. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time until fully incorporated. Beat in orange juice and additions.