The best damn cupcake I ever made.

Cupcakes have become a thing in America.  I mean, there are entire TV shows dedicated to them.  Hello, Cupcake Wars.  I challenge you to try the most delicious, most unusually baked cupcake that has major WOW factor!  It’s GRILLED, people.  Like, thrown on the grill next to the rib eye, kinda grilled.

I scooped out the flesh from oranges that I’d halved, poured in the batter and placed the oranges in a cupcake tin.  Then, toss those babies on a heated grill.  Keep an eye on them, and after 20 minutes, you should have grilled cupcakes that are sheer perfection.  The orange rind really adds a depth to the orange flavor– the combination of the rich chocolate with the orange undertones is magic in your mouth.  Trust me.  Try it!

Get your Grill on, baby

Grilled Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

2015-04-03 02:38:19

Yields 12

Moist, chocolatey orange cupcakes, grilled to perfection

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Cook Time

20 min

Cook Time

20 min

Ingredients

1. For the cupcakes: (modified from an Ina Garten recipe)
2. 1 1/2 sticks salted butter at room temperature
3. 2/3 cup granulated sugar
4. 2/3 cup brown sugar
5. 2 eggs at room temperature
6. 1 tsp vanilla extract
7. 1 tsp orange extract
8. juice from 1/4 an orange
9. 2 Tb orange zest
10. 1 cup buttermilk
11. 1/2 cup sour cream
12. 2 Tb brewed espresso
13. 1 cup cocoa powder
14. 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
15. 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
16. 1/2 tsp kosher salt
17. 6-7 oranges cut in half, flesh scooped out

For the frosting

1. 1 cup salted butter
2. 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
3. 3 one ounce squares of melted unsweetened chocolate
4. 1/2 tsp instant coffee
5. 3 Tb heavy cream
6. 3 cups confectioners sugar
7. 1 tsp vanilla
8. 1 Tb orange zest
9. 2 Tb fresh squeezed orange juice

For the batter

1. Preheat the grill
2. In an electric mixer with paddle attachment, cream the butter and both sugars until fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time, then add vanilla, orange extract, orange juice and orange zest.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk, sour cream and espresso.
5. In another bowl, sift flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
6. On low speed, alternate adding the buttermilk mixture and the flour mixture-- starting with the buttermilk mixture and ending with the flour mixture. Do not overmix.
7. Divide the batter among the orange halves, filling about 3/4 full.
8. Put oranges in a cupcake tin and place on grill
9. Bake for 20 minutes, until cooked through.

For the frosting

1. Cream butter in your mixer until fluffy.
2. Add cocoa, vanilla, instant coffee, cream, orange juice and zest.
3. Melt the unsweetened chocolate in the microwave and cool slightly.
4. Add chocolate to the butter mixture.
5. Add in confectioners sugar gradually until you get desired consistency.

By Parker Wallace

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