Cupcakes Cointreau & Chocolate Cupcakes Total Time 1h 0m Prep Time 40m Bake Time 20m Makes 24 Skill Level Easy Dietary Needs 1 Review 4 star rating Save Save this recipe Share Share Print Print These bite size beauties are delicious and the cointreau really compliments the chocolate making a sweet alcoholic treat. These are great for parties and will be sure to be a hit with your guests. Method Preheat the oven to 170°C (150°C, gas mark 3) and place cupcake cases in a mini cupcake or muffin tin. Place the butter, sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and orange zest into a large bowl and using a hand held or freestanding electric mixer, slowly mix together until it resembles breadcrumbs. Mix together the egg, cointreau and milk in a jug then gradually add to the bowl and mix thoroughly. Spoon the batter into the cupcake cases until they are 2/3 full. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the cakes are golden brown and a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool on a wire rack. To make the buttercream mix together the butter, icing sugar, cocoa powder and orange zest until it resembles breadcrumbs in texture, then add the milk and cointreau and mix on a high speed until the frosting is soft and fluffy. Decorated the cupcakes with buttercream using either a piping bag or palette knife and finish with chocolate sprinkles. Let's Bake The easiest way to follow a recipe Boozy Bakes Reviews sandra bibby 11 November 2017 4 star rating These Cointreau cakes where lovely, I made regular sized cup cakes rather than small. For the buttercream I used less cocoa powder. Leave Your Thoughts Unfortunately reviews are not permitted to non-registered users. Please Log in to leave your review or ask us a question. Ingredients For the cupcakes 40g Butter (unsalted) (softened) 140g Unrefined golden caster sugar 100g Plain white flour 20g Cocoa powder 1.5 tsp Baking powder 0.5 tsp Orange zest (finely grated) 1 Egg(s) (free range) (large) 50ml Cointreau 80ml Milk (whole) For the buttercream 80g Butter (unsalted) 225g Icing sugar 30g Cocoa powder 0.5 tsp Orange zest (finely grated) 15ml Milk (whole) 15ml Cointreau 0 Chocolate sprinkles (for decoration) Recipe Alternatives Amaretto pineapple cupcakes Amaretto pineapple cupcakes Total 40m Serves 12 Skill Intermediate Diet Rating No ratings yet Save this recipe Red Velvet Cupcake Bouquet Red Velvet Cupcake Bouquet Total 1h 5m Serves 12 Skill Intermediate Diet Rating No ratings yet Save this recipe Red Velvet Halloween Cupcakes Red Velvet Halloween Cupcakes Total 45m Serves 12 Skill Easy Diet Rating No ratings yet Save this recipe
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