Black Velvet Cupcakes with Orange Filling | Restless Chipotle
Black Velvet Cupcakes with Orange Filling
10 mins prepServes 16
Perfect for Halloween or for a black and white event, these spicy, chocolaty black velvet cupcakes are moist perfection. Any frosting or filling can be used to make them appropriate from a Halloween party to sophisticated Valentines Day!
0 Preheat oven to 350
1 Line muffin tins with cupcake papers
2 Mix the sifted cake flour, cocoa, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, chipotle, baking powder and salt in a bowl
4 Beat the butter with sugars until light and fluffy.
5 Add eggs, one at a time
6 Add vanilla
7 Beat until well blended
8 Mix vinegar the black food color, the baking soda, and the buttermilk in a bowl
9 Add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour
11 Spoon into cupcake papers and bake for 20 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out with just a little crumb on it
12 Let cool
13 Meanwhile mix the remaining butter and cream cheese
14 Add orange flavor, vanilla, salt and orange zest
15 Beat in confectioners until smooth and creamy
16 Add orange food color until it is the color you desire
17 Cut the center out of the cupcakes and use a pastry tube to fill the hollows with the cream cheese
18 Frost tops with remaining frosting.
19 Refrigerate if not using within a few hours
