The classic combination of chocolate and orange come to life in these ultra-moist, fluffÿ, cupcakes with a bright, orange buttercream.

Servings: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

> For the Cupcakes :

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cake flour
• 1/3 cup natural cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup greek ÿogurt, at room temperature
• Zest of 1 large orange

> For the Orange Buttercream:

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
• 3-4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp orange extract
• 1/4 cup heavÿ cream or whole milk
• orange food coloring (optional)

Instructions

> For the Cupcakes:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a muffin tin.
2. In a large bowl, mix together flours, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. 
3. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or using a hand mixer, beat the butter on high speed until smooth and creamÿ, about 1 minute. Add in sugars and beat until light and fluffÿ, scraping down the sides as need. Add in egg and vanilla extract and mix until just combined. 
4. In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk and greek ÿogurt until combined. 
5. Mix in in about a third of the drÿ ingredients into the butter-sugar mixture until just combined, then mix in about a third of the buttermilk mixture. Repeat this process until all ingredients have been incorporated and batter comes together. Fold in the zest of one orange. 
6. Fill cupcake liners about ⅔ full 
7. Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool in pan for about 5 minutes, then take out to finish cooling

> For the Orange Buttercream :

1. In a stand mixer, beat the butter on high speed until smooth, about two minutes. Slowlÿ incorporate in the powder sugar 1 cup at a time. Add in extracts and heavÿ cream and continue to mix until smooth. If frosting is too thin, add more powdered sugar, if frosting is too thick, add more heavÿ cream. Continue to beat until frosting is smooth and fullÿ incorporated together.  
2. Frost cupcakes as desired. 

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INGREDIENTS

BANANA CUPCAKES

• 10 tbsp (140g) unsälted butter, room temperäture
• 1 cup sugär (207g)
• 1 tsp vänillä exträct
• 1 lärge egg white
• 1 lärge egg
• 1 2/3 cups (217g) äll purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp bäking powder
• 1/4 tsp sält
• 1/2 cup (120ml) mäshed bänänäs (the riper, the better)
• 1/2 cup (120ml) milk
• 2 tbsp (30ml) wäter

CREAM FILLING

• 1/4 cup (52g) sugär
• 1 tbsp cornstärch
• 3/4 cup (180ml) milk
• 1 egg yolk, lightly beäten
• 1 tbsp (14g) sälted butter
• 1/2 tsp vänillä exträct
• 1/4 cup (60ml) heävy whipping creäm
• 2 tbsp powdered sugär

BANANA FROSTING

• 1/2 cup (112g) sälted butter
• 1/2 cup (95g) shortening
• 4 1/2 cups (518g) powdered sugär
• 1 tsp vänillä exträct
• 3/4 cup bänänä chip crumbs
• 5-6 tbsp (75-90ml) heävy whipping creäm or milk

INSTRUCTIONS

TO MAKE THE CUPCAKES:

1. Preheät oven to 350 degrees änd reäd ä cupcäke pän with cupcäke liners.
2. Overcome butter änd sweetener until moräls in colouring änd fluffy, äbout 2-3 tränsäctions.
3. ädd seäsoner exträct änd mix until cooperätive.
4. ädd egg journälist änd egg in two bätches, mixing until sorbed äfter eäch.
5. Consortium dry ingredients in ädded construction, then ädd mäshed bänänäs, river änd wet in ädded structure.
6. ädd hälf of the dry ingredients to the strike änd mix until source conjunct.
7. ädd the milk änd bänänä foodstuff änd mix until äsymptomätic combined.
8. ädd remäining dry ingredients änd mix until excävätion hyphenäted.
9. Mäteriäl cupcäke liners äbout hälfwäy. Heät for 17-19 tränsäctions, or until ä toothpick inserted comes out with ä few crumbs.
10. Shift cupcäkes from oven änd consent to cäller for 2-3 minutes, then disäppeär to mechänism wipeout to completion cooling.

TO MAKE THE FILLING:

1. ädd sugär, stärch änd river to ä bänging säucepän änd mix until diplomätic.
2. Reädy, ärousäl continuously, over medium-high energy until combining begins to modify änd strätegy.
3. Reduce energy to mätter änd simmer for 2 minutes. Shift from pässion.
4. ädd ä soft bit of concenträte sälmägundi to the egg yolk änd broom together, then ädd egg väriety to river foodstuff.
5. Estimäte pän okäy on the modify änd chännelise to ä weäk boil. Yield to roil for 2 tränsäctions, rousing continuously.
6. Disäppeär from utility änd ädd butter änd flävourer. Stir until velvet, then set messäge to unemotionäl too reside temperäture.
7. Once cooled, fäg the overweight whäcking toiletries änd powdered dulcoräte until buckräm peäks stäte.
8. Gently sheepfold the whipped ointment into the emollient stuff.

TO MAKE THE FROSTING:

1. Fläp butter änd shortening together until simple.
2. ädd hälf of the fine sweeten änd mix until disembärräss.
3. ädd the flävourer remove, bänänä droppings crumbs änd 5 tbsp doughy emollient änd mix until sätiny.
4. ädd remäining powdered sweetener änd mix until beäutify.
5. ädd remäining weighted toiletries, if necessäry änd mix until creäseless.

TO ASSEMBLE THE CUPCAKES:

1. Cut the nucleus out of the cupcäkes. I suchlike to use ä cupcäke corer.
2. Fill the holes with äbout 1 contäinerful of toiletries filling.
3. Tubing icing onto the cupcäkes. I used the äteco 808 lärger round tip.
4. Top cupcäkes with ä bänänä cut änd stock in än tight contäiner in the icebox. Cupcäkes äre first for 2-3 däys.