I wanted to make some cupcakes for my dad before he went away this afternoon. So this morning at 09:00am, I was dancing around the kitchen in my pyjamas to ‘the best of the 80’s’ whisking, stirring and mixing. My dad loves Terry’s chocolate orange, I think that’s where I get it from. I have been known to eat a whole one to myself, so I usually try and avoid them and the chocolate aisle in general. I didn’t have any baking powder or sugar, so I was naughty and let Betty Crocker save the day. I did make the yummy orange buttercream frosting though, here’s how.
what you will need:
1 Betty crocker chocolate devils food cake mix (makes 12 large muffins)
3 fresh eggs
6tbsp vegetable oil
250ml of water
for the orange buttercream frosting:
5-6 cups icing sugar
1 cup of softened unsalted butter
a drop of orange extract
orange food colouring
Terry’s chocolate orange segsations
2 tbsp of milk
Preheat the oven to 180, 160 for fan assisted ovens. Pour the cake mix into a large bowl, add 250ml of water, 6tbsp of oil, 3 eggs and mix well. When the mixture is nice and smooth pour the mixture into the muffin cases sat in a baking tray. Break up one chocolate orange segment and pop it into the mixture, cover the chocolate orange pieces with cake mixture with the back of a spoon. Place them in the oven to bake for around 22-25 minutes.
Leave the cupcakes to cool for 30 minutes on a wire tray. In the mean time it’s time to make the orange buttercream frosting. In a mixing bowl, add one cup of softened unsalted butter. Whisk on medium speed for 5 minutes. Then filter in the 5-6 cups of icing sugar, 2 tbsp of milk, stirring in-between. Add 1-2 drops of orange extract, depending on how strong you want the orange flavour to be. Then add 4-5 drops of orange food colouring and stir, until the colour has blended well. When the icing starts to thicken, place the bowl of icing in the fridge to set, for about 20 minutes.
The orange buttercream frosting should now be nice and firm, ready to pipe on to the chocolate cupcakes. Then top them with Terry’s chocolate orange segsation and they’re ready to eat! Take a bite, of the orange buttercream frosting, then bite into the sponge for a melted Terry’s chocolate orange surprise centre, mmmmm.
Aw they look so cute !
Sara,
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They look so cute, i bet they taste delicious 🙂
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Ah they look mouth wateringly good! The combination of chocolate an orange is divine!
xx Carina
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Mmm Becky these look delicious <3
These look lovely! I bet they taste as good as they look too :)xo
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These look so pretty and tasty, will definitely try them out!
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Eeep! These look so incredibly yummy 😀 craving some right now!
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These look so yummy. Oh I could really eat one of them now. They'd look great for Halloween too. Rachel x
These look so delicious. And I love the messages on the tiny chocolates 🙂
They look so yummy and lovely! 🙂
Lucky dad haha!
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These look amazing! 🙂
My mouth is watering just looking at these, they sound delicious!
Jess xo
Oh man! These look and sound incredible! I'm definitely book marking this post! x
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Very Tasty – will have to make these for my other half. I love betty crocker mixes – I struggle to find the motivation to make things from scratch with her fool-proof recipes!
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That's such a lovely thing to do and I like the little hidden messages in the chocolate orange! x
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They look absolutely incredible, really want to run to the kitchen to bake now, despite making dinner!
Eloise | simplynaturale xo
yummy!
These look so nice! but I do wish you wouldn't keep putting your measurements in 'cups' since as someone from England, I don't use cup measurements at all.
Ah, sorry! I just find them a LOT easier to use, you can buy them here in the UK. With this specific recipe it's a box mix, so most of it is straight forward instructions on the actual box anyways 🙂 the only thing I measured in 'cups' is the buttercream frosting and even then on the packet of icing sugar there's usually measurements in grams on the back to make a buttercream frosting.. will keep this in mind though, thanks! x
forgot to add, i will do the next recipe without cups 😉 haha x
If you pop to your nearest Wilkinsons they have cheap cup measurements – they're a God send because they're good quality and they're, as Becky said, easy to work with. If you don't have a Wilkos near by a lot of other places do do them too, you just have to keep an eye out 🙂
Oh thank you guys! I will invest in some 🙂 I'm such an old-school baker :L I did spot some in Lakeland the other day for about £3.50 so I'll pick some up 🙂 xxx
ahaha i'm the same with chocolate:P and these look so delicious!! i hope your dad enjoyed them 🙂
That looks amazing! Definitely need to have a go at making some :)xx
These look amazing, like actually incredible, will definitely have to try this recipe out!! 🙂
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These look so yummy, love the cute messages on the chocolate
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These look amazing – I now have a chocolate orange craving! Haha xx
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You always make the most delicious things! I love it 😀
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This is so cute – I haven't had Terry's chocolate orange forEVER! Perfect for the winter months xo
I was literally eating a chocolate orange cupcake from a local cupcake shop as I read this post. At least I know how to make my own now. Thanks!
Rachel theinelgantwench
you are a baking angel, honestly. and these cupcakes are my dream! terry's chocolate oranges are my absolute weakness (ask any of my friends!) and any orange flavoured chocolate will go down quite well with me so i really need to make these PRONTO! they sound absolutely delicious and that icing looks perfect! i love the little addition of a segment on top – so cute! 🙂 thank you so much becky for a great recipe, i can't wait to have a go! 🙂 X
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the cupcakes look amazing!! especially the icing 🙂
xx Vivi
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They are beautiful!
These look divine! My mouth is actually drooling just looking at these beauties, haha! 🙂
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These look incredible – I'm craving a chocolate orange now! xx
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that orange frosting looks so delicious and i love this taste combo!
These look amazing with the orange frosting. Definitely going to try these out…and nothing wrong with a little cheat baking at times.
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What a yummy recipe! I especially adore the little chocolate phrase bits on top 🙂 Lovely post!
These both look and sound amazing, mouth-watering!
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Looks amazing! Yum. I'm loving all your blog posts lately x
these look so pretty and i love how you added a bit of the orange chocolate into the easy peasy bake mix – what a smart way to customize a pre-packed cake mix! i'm definitely keeping that one in mind for my next baking adventure 🙂
rachel x
blush&brunch
My boyfriend would love these! Definitely going to try them out 🙂
Pastel Bokeh
That's so crazy you made them, they're perfect! xxxx
Life of Verity
you make the cutest cakes! x
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They look so pretty! ^_^
they look wonderful, i'm sure they taste just as good but i'm in italy, we don't have ready cake mix… i would really really appreciate if, in a recipe, people woulc actually write the ingredients w/o shortcuts =/
Barbs
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Sorry! I rarely use ready cake mix in recipe posts these days.. I can't write the recipe as I don't have / know it! As i said I just used the cake mix because I didn't have time / the ingredients in. I wouldn't like to blog about or recommend a recipe that I hadn't tried or made myself 🙂
oh sure, that makes perfect sense 🙂 i really like your blog so i'll stay tuned for more awesomeness. was planning to bake something every month myself and a sort of collab sometime would be fun! ^^
Barbs
They look lovely! Chocolate Orange is my absolute favourite! x
How lovely! so yummy…
Valentina
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I Like Chocolate..yummy..yummy..
These look amazing! I definitely need to try making them 🙂 x
Robyn from RobynCaitlin
I'm so jealous of these, they are so beautiful!!
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Chocolate and orange is my favourite flavour combination and I was tempted to make something like this recently anyway, they seem like a really good idea for a little halloween gathering or something like that 🙂
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and these look yummy! ..x
They look sooo yummy. Never been a fan of Terry's Chocolate orange, but they cakes with orange buttercream sound so nice
Daniella x
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I've honestly never seen more adorable cupcakes in my life! I wish I had one here to eat. http://thecoruscation.blogspot.com/
These look SOOO yummy 😀
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Travesti
I just made these and they were soooo good! Thanks for the idea. Love reading your blog 🙂
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I need to make these!
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