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Chopped fresh cranberries and orange zest add little bursts of flavor to these sweet vanilla cupcakes. The fluffy orange icing is made with a generous amount of whipping cream, which keeps it from being too sweet.<\/p>\nChopped fresh cranberries and orange zest add little bursts of flavor to these sweet vanilla cupcakes. The fluffy orange icing is made with a generous amount of whipping cream, which keeps it from being too sweet.<\/p>\n
Make sure to freeze lots of cranberries this season, because these cupcakes aren’t just for the holidays – you’ll want to make them all year long.<\/p>\n
You know how many sweets I bake (my sweet tooth is legendary), so you might be surprised to know that I really prefer my cake unadorned, or at least minimally so, and sometimes even (gasp) scrape off some of the icing. Peer pressure often has me piling the icing on cupcakes just like everyone else, and I have to admit it makes for beautiful photos.\u00a0 But how on earth<\/em> are you supposed to eat a cupcake with mountain-high icing without having it go right up your nose?<\/p>\n Eeeuw. Not attractive.<\/p>\n So I’ll give you two options. A half-batch of icing is enough for a sweet little rosette on each cupcake, like this: Or, if you love your icing, make a full batch and pile it higher, like this:<\/p>\n Yes, you could make even more and go for the mountain effect, but I didn’t go there. This time.<\/p>\n For an artsy effect, you might want to gently heat and drizzle orange marmalade or cranberry sauce over the icing, which would be lovely. But for the love of all that’s holy, do NOT use fresh cranberries to decorate the cupcakes unless you want to watch everyone pucker.\u00a0 Sour, sour, sour. The berries that are baked into the cake itself are delicious, though.<\/p>\n My next-door neighbor, Pam, gave me some wonderful parchment supplies and I’m in love with these extra-large liners. They come up high so you can use a little more batter. (They fit nicely into two of my standard cupcake pans but were a little too big for the other.) If you can’t find them, you can use tulip-type liners or just make more regular-sized cupcakes.<\/p>\n Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.<\/p><\/div>\n Add vanilla, orange extract, and eggs. Beat well.<\/p><\/div>\n Add one-third of the flour. Stir.<\/p><\/div>\n Add one-third of the buttermilk. Stir.<\/p><\/div>\n ….and repeat. Again!<\/p>\n Dust the cranberries with flour. Fold into batter along with orange zest<\/p><\/div>\n Fill tall cups a little over half full.<\/p><\/div>\n Beat butter, shortening, orange juice, and vanilla together. Add powdered sugar and orange zest.<\/p><\/div>\n Whip in the cream. So fluffy!<\/p><\/div>\n Put both colors together in a pastry bag fitted with a large open star tip and make ’em pretty! Top with an orange candy slice.<\/p><\/div>\n These would make a perfect holiday dessert . . . not too rich, not too heavy, and so festive!<\/p>\n Time’s flying and Christmas is\u00a0just around the corner. I’m so not ready. The next time you hear from me I’ll probably be pushing chocolate hearts, so let me say it right now:<\/p>\n Merry, Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n Lorinda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chopped fresh cranberries and orange zest add little bursts of flavor to these sweet vanilla cupcakes. The fluffy orange icing is made with a generous amount of whipping cream, which keeps it from being too sweet. Make sure to freeze … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Orange-Cranberry-Cupcakes-The-Rowdy-Baker.jpg?resize=584%2C389\")
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<\/p>\n \t\nOrange Cranberry Cupcakes<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAuthor: The Rowdy Baker<\/span><\/div>\nSweet orange cupcakes studded with bits of chopped fresh cranberries, topped with whipped orange icing. Makes 24 tall cupcakes, or approximately 28-30 standard cupcakes.<\/div>\n\nIngredients<\/div>\n\n
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