Vegan Chocolate - Orange Cupcakes
Super delicious, with fresh fruit these chocolate orange cupcakes are a real treat!
Servings: 15 cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes
- 250 g plain flour
- 100 g soft brown sugar
- 100 ml olive oil
- 200 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2 tbsp orange zest
- 2 tbsp cocoa or carob powder I added one each
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp soda bicarbonate
- pinch salt
- 50-80 g chocolate chips optional
- 2 tbsp orange flesh optional
For the icing
- 420 g icing sugar
- 225 g margarine
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Wash and cut up the oranges. First, zest them, then you can squeeze the juice out. Remove any seeds. I've also added about two spoonfuls of the flesh, because I didn't want to waste it.
- Put everything in a mixing bowl and combine.Preheat oven to 175 Celsius.
- Divide the batter evenly between your cupcake holders and bake them for about 15 minutes. Check with a fork when they are ready.
- You can make some icing or have them without, equally delicious! Let them cool down before icing them.
