Orange & Ginger Cupcakes with Vanilla & Orange Fondant Frosting

Name: Orange & Ginger Cupcakes with Vanilla & Orange Fondant Frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: (ingredient); 125g Self Raising Flour; 1 Tablespoon Ground Ginger; (ingredient); 100g Soft Chopped Butter; 125g Castor Sugar; 1 Tablespoon Natural Orange Essence; (ingredient); 2 Whole Eggs (Room Temperature); 4 Tablespoons Cold Milk; (ingredient); 150g Icing Sugar; 1 Tablespoon Natural Vanilla Essence; 4 Tablespoons Boiling Water; 1 Tablespoon Liquid Glucose (Silver Spoon Brand); 1 Teaspoon Glycerine; 1 Teaspoon Natural Orange Essence; 1 Teaspoon Red Food Colourant *; 1 Teaspoon Yellow Food Colourant *

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 17 mins

Serves: 18

Irish

Ingredients

(ingredient)
125g Self Raising Flour
1 Tablespoon Ground Ginger
(ingredient)
100g Soft Chopped Butter
125g Castor Sugar
1 Tablespoon Natural Orange Essence
(ingredient)
2 Whole Eggs (Room Temperature)
4 Tablespoons Cold Milk
(ingredient)
150g Icing Sugar
1 Tablespoon Natural Vanilla Essence
4 Tablespoons Boiling Water
1 Tablespoon Liquid Glucose (Silver Spoon Brand)
1 Teaspoon Glycerine
1 Teaspoon Natural Orange Essence
1 Teaspoon Red Food Colourant *
1 Teaspoon Yellow Food Colourant *

Accompaniment

Description

dedicating this recipe to myself and all mini cupcake fanatics! Be creative and enjoy baking this lovely fail proof recipe!!

Method

1
Preheat your oven to 180oC and place your paper cups into your cupcake pre moulded tin
2
In a large bowl, sieve the self raising flour and ginger together and mix well and leave aside for the moment!
3
In your electric mixer, start on a slow blend and spin (butter and sugar tend to escape voluntarily until creamed together!) and add your castor sugar, orange essence and soft butter and cream until soft and pale.
4
Now you can add your milk and eggs and keep mixing
5
The next step is to take a tablespoon of your spiced flour and "fold" it in and do this until you have used all the flour up!
6
Take one tablespoon of the cake mixture and spoon it into each of the paper cups (any more than 1 tablespoon and it will overflow, trust me... I know!)
7
Place the cupcakes on the middle shelf of the oven and bake for 15-17 minutes until golden
8
Remove from the oven and allow to cool before applying the frosting!
9
Making the vanilla fondant frosting: In a large bowl, sieve the icing sugar as this will create a very smooth icing for you.
10
In a measuring jug or cup, IN THIS ORDER: add the tablespoons of boiling water, Natural Vanilla Essence, Natural Orange Essence, red & yellow food colourant, glycerine and liquid glucose and stir really well together. You're looking for a nice orange-rose pink colour, similar to what I have but of course, the food colourants (*) are optional
11
Now, drop a little into the icing sugar and using a table fork begin mixing it around
12
You're aiming for the consistency similar to toothpaste! So be gentle as you add the liquid to the icing sugar.
13
Take a tablespoon of the frosting and spoon it over the cooled cupcakes and leave to set!
14
Now you can add extra decoration as you wish, be creative and enjoy baking!!