Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

Again, these cupcakes are delicious, takes a little more time with the colourings, but well worth it!


For cakes:

4oz Margarine
4oz Castor sugar
4oz SR Flour
2 Eggs (beaten with 2tbsp milk)
1tsp Baking powder

For frosting:

8oz Double cream
1tbsp Cocoa Powder
4oz Mascarpone
1 tbsp Icing sugar

Extras:

Chocolate Orange Flavouring
1tbsp Cocoa Powder
Orange Food Colouring
M&M,s


Make cakes by creaming softened margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add beaten eggs a little at a time.
Fold in flour and baking powder.

Divide mixture into 2 bowls.
Mix cocoa with a little water to make paste and add some into one of the cake mixes.
In other bowl, add a few drops of flavouring and colouring until colour required.

Add a desert spoon of each coloured cake mix into 12 separate cupcake papers, and bake in oven, Gas 6, until risen and cake springs back when touched.

Cool on wire rack.

For frosting:
Whip double cream and mascarpone until creamy, add icing sugar, and whip until thick.

Divide into 2 bowls.

Add a little of the cocoa mix in one bowl, and flavouring/colouring into other bowl.

Put large star nozzle into piping bag, put chocolate frosting down one side of bag, and orange frosting down other side.
Pipe rosettes onto cupcakes and add chocolate or orange M&M on top.

Enjoy!