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Orange Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Centers

Tender, bright orange cupcakes with a silky cocoa cream-cheese center and a tangy orange glaze.

Orange Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Centers

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups190 gAll-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup150 gGranulated sugar
  • 1¼ tsp6 gBaking powder
  • ½ tsp2 gBaking soda
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt
  • 2 large100 gEggsroom temperature
  • ⅓ cup80 gCanola oil
  • ½ cup120 gPlain yogurt, low-fatroom temperature
  • ⅓ cup (80 ml)100 gOrange juice
  • 1 tbsp6 gLemon zestfinely grated
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
  • ½ cup110 gCream cheesesoftened
  • 3 tbsp15 gUnsweetened cocoa powdersifted
  • ¾ cup100 gPowdered sugarsifted
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml)15 gMilk, 2%

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
  2. Make the filling first: beat the cream cheese, the unsweetened cocoa powder, about 40% of the powdered sugar and the milk until smooth. Chill while you make the batter. Set the remaining 60% of the powdered sugar aside for the glaze.
  3. In a large bowl, rub the lemon zest into the granulated sugar with your fingers until fragrant.
  4. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into the zested granulated sugar.
  5. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, canola oil, yogurt, about 70% of the orange juice and the vanilla. Set the remaining 30% of the orange juice aside for the glaze.
  6. Fold the wet mixture into the dry mixture just until no streaks of flour remain.
  7. Divide the batter among the liners, filling each about two-thirds full.
  8. Bake 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
  9. Cool in the pan 5 minutes, then on a rack until completely cool, about 40 minutes.
  10. Cut a small cone from the top of each cupcake, spoon in the chilled cocoa filling, and replace the tops.
  11. For the glaze, whisk the reserved powdered sugar with the reserved orange juice until smooth, then drizzle over the cupcakes and let set 10 minutes.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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