Whole orange cupcakes with strawberry mascarpone frosting

Whole Orange Cake Batter - Thermomix recipe

1 whole organic orange cut into 8 (skin, pips and all)

225g butter

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

2 cups SR flour (2 cups flour & 3 tsp of baking powder)

Put the orange and butter into TM bowl for 7 to 10 seconds speed 8. (the orange is totally blitzed!). 

Add eggs, sugar and flour. 20 seconds speed 4, reverse.

Put into 20cm lined cake tin, bake 170 FF 60 mins or until cooked. 

Recipe source: Sue Purrb, Aussie Thermomix Forum. Original source: Louisa Green - Taste Forum

I made cupcakes instead of a large cake, bake for about 20 to 30 minutes.

Strawberry and Orange Frosting

180 g butter

2 cup sugar (add more sugar for a firmer frosting)

a few strips of orange peel 

250 g mascapone or cream cheese

small handful of frozen strawberries

pink food colouring (optional)

Whizz the suger and orange peel in the Thermomix, on speed 9 for about 30 - 40 sec. Add remaining ingredients and mix on speed 4 for 1 to 2 minutes. Place in fridge for 1 - 2 h before piping.

This recipe looked interesting, so the instead of making one of the usual cupcake batters last week, I whipped up a batch of orange cupcakes. It's definitely a recipe I'd make again. Non-fuss, super easy, and the cake was light and moist, with just the slightest hint of orange.