Orange Curd Cupcakes
By: Anncoo
Published: Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 6:25am

Ingredients




Orange curd
100 milliliters Orange juice
30 grams Butter
55 grams Sugar
1 egg yolk
1 large egg
1 Finely grated rind of orange
Orange Cupcake
250 cups ml/ 1 Whipping cream (dairy cream)
3 tablespoons Orange juice
220 cups g/ 1 Sugar (used 200 g)
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
225 grams /1 ½ cups self raising flour
1 Finely grated rind of orange

Preparation

1 For orange curd, heat orange juice and butter in a small saucepan and simmer until butter has melted. Add sugar, orange zest egg and yolks and cook, whisking continuously until mixture becomes thick and glossy. Leave to cool. 2 Place whipping cream, orange juice, sugar and eggs in a large mixing bowl and whisk until smooth. 3 Gradually add flour and zest and continue whisking until mixture is thick and smooth. 4 Fill batter into mould about halfway and then drop two teaspoon of the orange curd and top up batter to 3/4 full of the mould. 5 Bake at preheat oven 180C for about 20-25 mins or until cakes spring back to touch. 6 Leave cake to cool and remove from mould. Pipe some melted chocolate on the cupcake as desired or add some frosting on top.