Mandarin Orange Cupcakes
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Ingredients
For the cupcakes
  • 2 large mandarin oranges- deseeded and cubed
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 cup superfine sugar
  • ½ cup semolina
  • ½ cup almond meal
  • ½ cup self-raising flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
For the sugar syrup
  • 1 peeled orange rind - Cut into thin strips
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
Instructions
For the sugar syrup
  1. In a pan, bring the sugar and water to a simmer. Add orange strips and boil uncovered for 5 minutes
For the cupcakes
  1. Preheat oven to 160C.
  2. In a saucepan, cover chopped oranges with water and simmer until tender for 15 minutes. Cool. Drain the fruit and puree in a food processor.
  3. Cream together butter and sugar until creamy. Add in eggs, 1 by 1.
  4. Gently stir in the rest of the ingredients, including the orange puree, until well combined.
  5. Spoon the mixture into cupcake cases and bake for 20-30 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  6. Cool cupcakes for about 30 minutes and then spoon warm syrup onto each cupcake.
  7. Store in an air-tight container.
Notes
Although it is already delicious on it's own, you can also pipe some butter-cream over the cupcakes.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 3110 Fat: 123g Saturated fat: 64g Unsaturated fat: 50g Trans fat: 4g Carbohydrates: 479g Sugar: 326g Sodium: 175mg Fiber: 11g Protein: 37g Cholesterol: 616mg
Recipe by Maya Kitchenette at https://mayakitchenette.com/mandarin-orange-cupcakes/