Fluffy Homemade Orange Cupcakes
Feb 22, 2025 08:59 AM
Moist and fluffy cupcakes with creamy orange frosting make for the most delicious homemade orange cupcakes! The cupcakes are so tender and flavorful. They remind me of eating a creamsicle, but in cake from!
Three factors are responsible for the super moist and fluffy cupcakes: sour cream, cake flour, and the creaming method.
Due to its lower protein content, cake flour makes baked good softer and fluffier. These cupcakes are no exception. However, sometimes this leads to too soft cakes that start to crumble, so I like to use a combination of both cake and all-purpose flour for softness and structure.
The cupcakes are made using the creaming method. This mean air is whipped into softened butter and granulated sugar to create a lighter, fluffier batter.
You will love making these orange cupcakes all year long. The orange zest makes them bright and summery, while the vanilla adds creaminess that is perfect for making during peak citrus season (winter).
This orange cupcake recipe uses sour cream in the batter. The sour cream is acidic and higher in fat that regular milk. Both of these characteristics make the cupcakes tender and contributes to their moistness.
This was inspired by my blueberry cupcakes and the flavors of the orange pound cake. I added orange zest and fresh orange juice to the batter and topped with creamy orange buttercream frosting that I tinted half orange.
Ingredients:
For the Orange Cupcakes
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup fresh orange juice
- ¾ cup (95g) cake flour
- ¾ cup (95g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tea baking powder
- ¼ tea baking soda
- ¼ tea kosher salt
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- ½ cup (1 stick, 113g) unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 tea vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
For the Orange Buttercream
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar sifted as needed
- 2 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- 1 tablespoon milk or cream
- 2 tea orange zest
- 1 tea vanilla extract
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
22 minutes
Total Time:
60 minutes
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