June 25, 2015
Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cupcakes!
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Chocolatey cupcakes studded with chunks of Terry’s chocolate orange, topped with an orange buttercream, and even more chocolate orange!
Chocolate orange cupcakes
It’s no secret that I LOVE the chocolate & orange combination – it’s my addiction – and I have had many people ask for a cupcake version of my chocolate orange bundt cake so I thought I would oblige (and I seriously craved some anyway!)
After some research I found that a lot of chocolate orange cupcakes consist of chocolate orange buttercream – and this sounds amazing, however, I wanted to try something a little different compared to most of what I had seen!
Cupcakes
I did, however, compensate for the lesser amount of chocolate orange by adding chunks of the chocolate to the sponge – and this was an amazing idea. I LOVE it. They suit the taste of the sponge perfectly, and make it a little different!
These cupcakes are super easy to bake, just like any other cupcake, but they definitely have the WOW factor! These went down an absolute treat with my trusted taste testers and they wanted more. Seriously, I’m not joking!
Buttercream
These cupcakes come with a delicious orange buttercream which I am obsessed with! I added some orange juice to my buttercream as I just love the taste it gives the buttercream.
You can use orange extract instead of orange juice if you prefer/if it is what you have! I also decided to colour my buttercream orange as when I have a theme, I like to stick to it throughout! This again is optional but now Ive done it, I don’t want to go back to plain buttercream colour!
Topping
I kept it fairly simple for decoration as the flavour of these beauties speaks for itself! With a drizzle of chocolate, a segment of chocolate orange and some themed sprinkles, they look delicious but they taste even better!
You can always change the topping to your liking – you don’t have to add a drizzle of chocolate and you can change the sprinkles or have none at all. With different varieties of chocolate orange popping up, especially around Christmas, you can change up the decoration segment to white, dark, or even popping candy!
Recipe adaptation
If you are not a fan of the actual Terry’s chocolate orange, or you cant get access too it, you can use normal milk/dark chocolate and add in orange zest to be a delicious substitute! There tends to be some good deals at the supermarkets near Christmas time with all the chocolate orange varieties so I tend to stock up then!
I personally utterly adore these cupcakes. They’re genuinely one of my most favourite cupcake recipes I have, and they’re suitable for all year round. These bad boys get more popular around Christmas time, but I am a Terry’s girl for life, not just for Christmas. Get it? I literally LOVE these! They’re definitely adaptable to what you prefer yourselves, but I love them just the way they are.
Terry's Chocolate Orange Cupcakes!
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 150 g caster sugar
- 120 g self raising flour
- 30 g cocoa powder
- 3 medium eggs
- Zest of 1 orange (or 2 tsp extract)
- 150 g Terry's chocolate orange
Buttercream
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 350 g icing sugar
- Orange food colouring
- 1 tsp orange extract (or 50ml orange juice)
Decorations
- Terry's chocolate orange
- Melted chocolate
- Sprinkles
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and line a muffin tray with cases. Chop up your chocolate orange if you haven’t done so already!
- Beat the butter and caster sugar together until smooth and fluffy, I beat mine for 2 minutes.
- Add the self-raising flour, cocoa powder & eggs and beat again. Try not to over beat, or mix too quickly.
- Fold through the chocolate orange chunks & orange zest and spoon into your cases – using an Ice-cream scoop is easier as it will make each cupcake have the same amount!
- Bake in the oven for 17-20 minutes until cooked through! Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Buttercream
- Beat the butter for 3-4 minutes until very smooth and supple, you need it to be smooth so that the icing sugar goes in easier!
- Gradually add the icing sugar (I add mine 100g at a time) and beat each time – add the orange flavouring, and food colouring – I like to use the fresh orange juice, but if you’d rather add the flavour extract that is fine too!
- Pipe your buttercream onto the cakes how you please and decorate!
- Add on some Terry's chocolate orange segments, melted chocolate and sprinkles!
Notes
- I looooove using Terry’s chocolate orange as the flavour is amazing. However, you can easily use the same weight of chocolate, and just add the zest of two oranges if you don’t have access too it!
- Also, with the orange extract flavouring, add it a couple of drops at a time till you get your desired flavour – some need a few teaspoons, some need a couple of drops depending on where they’re from!
- These cupcakes will last in an airtight container for 3 days!
- I use this tin!
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Brilliant recipe…my friend is throwing a party in which we all had to pick a colour. I chose orange and needed a recipe. These taste great! I used Dr oeker orange extract in the sponge and icing which gave a great orange flavour. I also used Dr oeker orange food colouring paste which gave a good colour. I used a stork like butter from a tub and it worked well. Thanks Jane!
Hello,
Could these be made into a tray bake instead of cupcakes?
Thank you so much
Made these for my team today at work, everyone loved them. So delicious! Will be making more this weekend for my husband. Great recipe.
Hi Jane,
Can I melt some Terry’s chocolate orange & stir it into whipped double cream then pipe on top of these cup cakes instead of buttercream?
Please advise about how to combine whipped double cream & chocolate generally – if it is possible.
Thank you,
Ann
PS your recipes are fabulous. Thank you.
YUM!!! And they look great too!! I only came across your blog 2 weeks ago thanks to my British cousin, and loved your blog so much, that I bought your book last week here in Australia, and I’m obsessed already! Thank you for having such simple recipes, I am loving baking your recipes! Your simple to follow recipes made me decide to finally try making buttercream and it turned out so well, so happy! Thank you Jane! X
Hi Jane,
I see in your recipe that you use butter in the cupcakes is there a reason why butter and not stork in these cupcakes
Thanks
Hiya! No – it is just what I had in my fridge, both unsalted butter and stork work fine for these sponges! x
Hi Jane if I was to make these as spiced chocolate orange cupcakes would you recommend just adding a teaspoon of mixed spice to the sponge mix? Many thanks Marie
Hiya Marie! Yes you absolutely can, enjoy! Hope this helps x
Hi Jane,
Made these cupcakes today, absolutely gorgeous highly recommend them 👌
I was thinking maybe try them with the white chocolate orange, if I leave out the cocoa powder replace with 30g extra self raising flour (150g total) do you think that would work ?
Thanks
Hiya, yes absolutely this will be fine! Sounds yummy, hope you love them! x
Made these today… they would’ve been amazing, however I used a cheap food colouring for the buttercream which was a big mistake! It made the buttercream taste terrible and it went far too runny! So annoying, but lesson learned, stick with the good gel food colourings in future or don’t bother at all!
Hey Jane!
Can this recipe be used to make a 3 layer 6in cake?
Or do the quantities need to be changed?
Love your stuff!! Xx
Hi there,
I just made these cupcakes and the cupcakes themselves are delightful and would definitely be using this recipe again, however the buttercream was a disaster and I was unable to use it. The initial unsalted butter and icing sugar started so well and came together nicely but once I added the juice of an orange it just became so liquidly and running, I tried to add more icing sugar to thicken it up and it just wasn’t working and I was unable to decorate my cupcakes.
Hi, I’ve just tried making these (a yield of 6 muffins). I think the muffins turned out nice but I’m so gutted because the buttercream was a disaster 😢 basically I followed the recipe- i made the butter cream and it was looking promising, then it said add the orange juice. Now the recipe says “juice of one orange” …. is that totally correct? Because my buttercream has now turned into a smoothie and I cannot pipe with it at all 😞 should it really be the juice of an entire orange? Or juice of maybe quarter of an orange? Thanks, Angie
What brand and type of butter did you use? x
Hi Jane! It’s me again 😅, I was wondering (just like with the Oreo cupcakes) how would you scale it down for just 1 (same story as the oreo ones). Actually, I think it might be easier for me to ask you here, but can all your cupcake recipes be scaled down for 1 – so that I can avoid bothering you 20 more times if I find the other flavours I’m looking for 😄. Thanks!
Very good
Do you have any recommendations for a chocolate orange buttercream, instead of just orange?
Have a look at my Terrys chocolate orange cake recipe x
Hi Jane 😊 I’ve made these cupcakes before and also your triple layer orange cake and I love the chocolate buttercream from that recipe. If I was to use that on these cupcakes how much would I need to make for the 12 cupcakes? I’m assuming the amount for the 3 layers would be too much?x
It depends how much buttercream you like but maybe 1/3 to 1/2 of the cake recipe!
Made these recently for my mam’s birthday and they went down a treat, I love all your recipes I’ve tried so far, easy to follow and the results are amazing!
I’ve used this recipe a few times and it creates the most beautiful and most consistent product each and every time! They are an absolute hit with family and friends, the chocolate chunks in the mixture make the cakes extremely choccy-orangefied !!! 10/10 recipe.
Enjoyed making this one. Really easy to make! Adapted to gluten free due to girlfriends allergy! Tasted amazing!!
Hi Jane, these cupcakes look amazing! I would love to know what you can use instead of eggs? We don’t eat eggs but unfortunately most delicious baking has them.
I would follow my vegan chocolate orange recipe as it’s eggless and lovely!
Have made these lots of time and they are delicious. My son loves them and has asked me to make his birthday cake out of this. Is if possible you could give me what measurements i would need to do 2 bigger cakes to sandwich together. Thankyou
Just double the recipe and split between two 8″ cakes – bake for about 35 minutes! And I’m so glad!! X
Can these be done with GF flour and stork? I’m looking at doing a batch with a Halloween twist on the icing for my colleagues before we finish for half term next week and one is GF and another is dairy free! If so, do I need to get some xantham gum and add that in too? 😊
Terry’s chocolate orange aren’t gluten free (they have a may contain warning) so if that’s not a worry, then you can! I would add in 1/2tsp xantham gum, yes!
I made this and they taste amazing!!! My one question is I felt like the icing tasted bitter, do you know why that would be?
I’m really not sure! Are you sure the butter wasn’t salted or something? Sometimes it can be as simple as that! x
If I didn’t put chocolate chunks in, would I need to add more cocoa powder or orange?
I would just leave them out x
Hi Jane, I made these the other day and the chocolate sunk to the bottom 😞 this always happens to me! Do you know why this might be? I really wanted to have the chunks in it!
Thankyou so much xx
You can try freezing the chunks before using, coating them in flour, or sprinkling them on top rather than mixing into the mix and letting them sink that way! x
Made these today. Perfect quantities on the recipe. Thank you. I slightly over baked my cakes, due to not hearing the timer go off, but they were still light and yummy. Choc chunks in the batter was just perfect.
My family have all said how great they looked and those who have tried them… “Amazing”. Will definitely be using this recipe again. Loving your recipes. 2nd one I’ve tried now. So informative and easy to follow. Eying up your Ginger loaf for Christmas too.
Hi Jane
I want to make six instead of twelve, do I half the recipe? X
I would either make 1/3 or 2/3 because of the eggs as you can’t half an egg x
I made these a few weeks ago and they were amazing! Particularly loved the little chocolate pieces in the cupcake mix.
So excited to try these tomorrow, with the melted chocolate to drizzle, does it have to be proper baking chocolate or am I ok to melt Terry choc orange and then drizzle that over?
You can use terry’s! Just be careful when melting it.
I really want to make this however I was wondering could you put the Terry’s chocolate in the icing instead of the cake? So chocolate cupcakes and then Terry’s chocolate orange icing? How would you do this?
Have a look at my Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cake x
Hi Jane, can this wonderful yummy recipe be converted into a tray bake ?
For this exact recipe I haven’t converted it yet, but I have a chocolate traybake cake you can make and use the frosting from this, or use it as a guide!
I made these again and they where great. Think i chopped chocolate up to small first time.😊
Made these last week. They were yum. 8 yo said they were the best cupcakes I’ve ever made! Off to check out your other recipes now x
How do I drizzle the chocolate on the top, do I use a spoon or a pipping bag? Thankyou.
Either!
These look and sound amazing. I’m hoping to give them a try this afternoon.
I like the idea about the ice cream scoop too. I’ll be giving that a go too 😋😀
Enjoy!!
Can you use stork instead of butter
For the cakes? Yes. For the frosting? No.
I made a double batch of these for a new year’s party and not one was left! I was so impressed with how well they rose. Can’t wait to try more of your recipes.
I made these and they where delicious but I’m not sure if i over cooked them. Are they meant to be gooey in the middle as i cooked them nearly double the timd until they were cooked all the way through.
Also is there anyway i can get this recipe via email so i can print it for future use.
Thankyou
If they took double the time your mixture might have been odd, or your oven isn’t the correct temp as I have never ever baked cupcakes for that long. You can also select the information you want and print it yourself.
I found that I had to cook them longer too so that my cake tester came out clean. It resulted in a crunchy top. Is that how they’re meant to be?
If they took longer, and then had a crunchy top, I’d say maybe the oven wasn’t at the right temp usually! I use a fan oven, and I check its temp with an oven thermometer, and they’re soft on top. But gas/regular can bake things differently, and all three can be off temp wise!
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Hi Jane!
Can’t wait to try these out – just a quick question, do you use a milk or dark Terry’s chocolate orange for the chunks?
Thanks!
I used milk in the recipe, but I have made them with both before and both are delicious! X
Great, thank you!
Hi Jane, how many cupcakes does the recipe make? Can’t wait to get baking! X
Usually a batch makes 12 for me! X
Thanks so much for this recipe, just made them and they are AMAZING!!
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Hi Jane,
When you say you use fresh orange juice for the icing, how much do you put in?
Thanks!
Lowro
2-4 tbsps! x
Thank you! x
Hi Jayne how chopped up does the chocolate orange need to be? Thank you xxx
about 1cm pieces? x
Ok fab thank you I just wanted to
Check before I made them later In the week for my McMillan coffee morning xxx
About 1cm? X
Hi Jane, I’m looking forward to making these for a charity bake sale. Do these freeze well?
Thank you, Holly
Ok, I know I said that I was going to wait until Ramadan was over before I make these, but seriously, how can anyone resist?! Lol. I made them last weekend for my family and they loved it! I put some in a cupcake gift box for my aunty, it looked so professional she thought that I had bought it! She said it was sooo good that I should sell them. ?. (don’t worry, I won’t do so without your permission).
I just wanted to ask about the cake bit. Most recipes involving chocolate almost always add buttermilk and coffee. How come your recipe doesn’t have these? And also, I did find it to be a tiny bit dry, would it be possible to add oil to keep it moist?
Any tips and suggestions would be helpful. ?.
I have to say though, of all the recipes I’ve seen on Pinterest I always find yours to be the best ?. As soon as I see that it is your recipe, I Pin it!!! ?
Not all chocolate cake mixes use buttermilk and coffee at all, this is a standard cake recipe – if it was dry you over baked them, you don’t need anything added.
I can’t wait to try this, I’m fasting at the moment, but as soon as it’s over I’m trying these! Just a quick question, did you use salted or unsalted butter for the Cupcakes?
I use Unsalted! ?
Thanks! ?. So you don’t use salt in your recipe at all?
Nope! ?
Thank you so much for a truly great recipe for Chocolate Orange Cupcakes!
I am making them for my Son’s wedding and everybody on the tasting committee absolutely love them!
Awh yay!! x
Hi Jane- did you use medium or large eggs? I’m going to try and make these cakes this week. Can’t wait!?
Medium 🙂
Thank you ?
These are FABULOUS. I will definitely use them again. You are a genius
Ah yaaayyy!! ❤️
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These cupcakes are INCREDIBLE!! They taste absolutely fabulous and they look amazing 😀 So glad I found your website!!
Oh thank you Hannah!! Hehe I’m so glad you liked them!! x
Hi Jane, I’ve made these a few times, but each time a fair majority of them had peeled out if their cases. The cases I use a expensive foil ones, and can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong, any ideas my luv x
Sometimes that can be moisture, and the price of cupcake cases means nothing I’m afraid. I personally use Asda Muffin Cases and have never had an issue. I remove my cupcakes from their tin immediately and leave them to cool on a wire rack… sometimes it can just happen, or the cases don’t like the moisture from the cupcakes x
These look amazing! Could I possibly use this recipe to make one large cake instead of cupcakes? I’m assuming i’d have to double the ingredients used. Is there anything I should do differently if not separating them to smaller individual ones? ?
Umm definitely double the ingredients and split between two 8″ tins – bake for about 25 minutes probably? It’s hard to say but you should probably only need to double everything ?
Hi Jane!
These look amazing and I’m hoping to make them but I have a question. When you say beat, is that by hand or with an electric mixer? And if it’s a mixer which speed?
Thanks for the recipe!
Hiya – I use my kitchenaid for all my bakes with the paddle attachment 🙂 and speed depends on mixer so mediumish x
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Hi Jane! Gosh these were absolutely amazing! I’ve never had a book / website where I can guarentee every receipe I try will work before I found your blog!
Just made this as a 7 inch cake & doubled the recipe! Its superb & someone did say best cake ever as the love choc orange, however ( As we are always our biggest critic!) next time I will cook in two tins rather than one deep as it took almost 2 hours to cook and slightly lost that amazing moist spongness that the cupcakes have! Thanks so much for all your wonderful recipes! xxx
Hiya! I saw the picture this morning – looked amazing! 🙂 And I agree, I always try and split it into two tins as the cooking time is so dodgy when there is so much!! But I am so glad it went down so well! And thank you for the lovely comments! 🙂 xx
I trialed this recipe (slightly modified) this afternoon, I did not have terrys nor orange essence – used jaffa cakes instead. I liked it 🙂
Many thanks Jane! Checking more of your recipes…
Best wishes X
Ooh that sounds yummy!! And thank you for trying it & experimenting! 🙂 x
beauuuuuutiful!
Thank you!!
YES PLEASE. Haha 😀 So many things I need to try after looking at your blog!
Hahaha thanks Sophie! ?
these look so good!!! I love terry’s chocolate orange recipes 😀
Thank you!! They’re so tasty! 😀
I love orange and chocolate together. These look amazing!
Me too! And thank you!
You’ve outdone yourself again! Lovely! 🙂
And brilliant tip about using the ice-cream scoop. I’ve always used the dessertspoon to scoop and teaspoon to scrape off into the cases, which can be a bit variable at best!
Ohh hahaa I used to do that, so dodgy, but I’d definitely recommend a scoop, so much easier 🙂 and thank you!!