Name: Orange Blossom Cupcakes with White Chocolate Orange Ganache
Yield: Makes 18 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 mandarin orange; 1 Tbsp fresh orange juice; 2 eggs, at room temperature; 1½ cups [360 ml] milk, scalded and cooled; 2 cups [400 g] sugar; 1 Tbsp orange blossom water; ⅓ cup [65 g] plus 2 Tbsp sugar; 1 cup [220 g] (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into cubes; 1½ cups [180 g] cake flour; 1 tsp fine sea salt; 1½ cups [210 g] all-purpose flour; 2 tsp orange blossom water; 2 tsp baking powder; 4 cups [720 g] white chocolate chips; 1⅓ cups [320 ml] heavy cream

Preparation info

Makes
18
cupcakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Flavors of the Sun

By Christine Sahadi Whelan

Published 2021

About

These elegant little beauties have an elusive orange aroma that comes from orange blossom water and a deep orangey flavor.

Ingredients

Cupcakes

2 cups [400 g] sugar
1½ cups [210

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F [180°C]. Grease two 12 cup muffin tins and insert eighteen paper liners.

To make the cupcakes: Combine the sugar, flours, baking powder, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and orange blossom water and pulse until small pea-