Blood Orange Cardamom Cupcakes

Blood Orange Cardamom Cupcakes with Blood Orange Frosting – The BEST simple homemade gluten free and dairy free orange cupcake recipe. These Blood Orange Cupcakes are moist, soft, and fluffy with a delicious hint of cardamom. A super easy moist cupcake recipe from scratch. 🍊

Blood Orange Cardamom Cupcakes

Some only dream of cupcakes, others bake it happen! I was doing both last week! A little blood orange dreaming turned into these delicious Blood Orange Cardamom Cupcakes.  Blood Oranges are in season people… yahoo! They come into season starting in December and go all the way through May… so we still have a few more months of them gracing us with their beautiful presence. This Blood Orange Cupcake recipe is bursting with citrus flavor and added hints of cardamom. The complexity of cardamom adds a little extra citrusy, minty, spice to the mix.

Lets take a look at these Gluten Free Blood Orange Cardamom Cupcakes 

If you have ever wanted to try a blood orange cake or blood orange cupcakes then these are what you have been waiting for! Sweetheart ain’t kidding! These are the BEST simple, and easy gluten free and dairy free cupcakes since Betty Crocker! I mean moist, soft, and fluffy is in their DNA, how can you beat that? We topped these gluten free blood orange cardamom cupcakes with blood orange frosting and I licked the bowl more times than I can count. Did I just admit that?! Okay moving on… hee hee!

Blood Orange Infused Olive Oil

One extra special component to this recipe that deserves a little stardom is the Olive Oil! We used Olivina Taproom Blood Orange Infused Olive Oil and it truly is what gives these cupcakes that extra special touch. It’s versatile flavor profile and fruit forward aroma make this oil a fan favorite. Drizzle it over oven roasted or grilled fish, combine it with your favorite vinegar to dress a salad, or bake into your favorite desserts. Olivina Taproom is a store with the goal of educating the public about the culinary and health benefits of fresh ultra premium extra virgin olive oil and balsamic condimento vinegars. Their estate groves in Southern Spain produce tons of olive which are pressed into freshly made extra virgin olive oil. For over 10 years, the family has sold to some of the nation’s finest restaurants and retail outlets while garnering high praise from the national food media. The family has since created a worldwide distribution network based on their Spanish lands. This allows them to move away from third-party distributors, control costs and focus the store’s future on their own olives. They control the ingredients, the highest measure of success, within all of their products. So make sure to use this coupon code when ordering : GF2020  for 15% off your purchase. You don’t want to make this recipe without it! Click here to order.

Tips For Blood Orange Cupcakes Recipe:

• When measuring your flour make sure your not scooping directly from the bag. This can cause inaccurate measurements and your recipe may not turn out. Use a spoon to scoop the flour from the bag to the measuring cup and level it off with the back end of a knife.
• Make sure that your cashew milk is unsweetened. This is important because it can affect the flavor of your recipe.
• When making the frosting make sure that your butter is softened NOT melted.
• Don’t let your batter sit out for long. After you mix your batter transfer to cupcake liners and bake right away.

Ingredients You Will Need:

• 1 1/2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• pinch of sea salt
• 1 tsp. cardamom
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp orange extract ( We had to use extract in place of blood orange puree because it kept turning the cake green… no bueno!!  )
• 1/3 cup Olivina Taproom Blood Orange Infused Olive Oil
• 2 Eggs  ( room temperature )
• 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cashew Milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons blood orange zest

For the Blood Orange Frosting

• 1 stick softened Earth Balance Butter (1/2 cup )
• 1 tablespoon blood orange zest
• 3 tablespoons juice from a blood orange
• 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
• 4 cups powdered sugar

How To Make Blood Orange Cupcakes:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2. Line cupcake tin with cupcake liners, set aside.
3. In a medium bowl combine ( mix ), flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cardamom… set aside.
4. In a large bowl blend sugar, oil, and eggs together. Approx. 1 minute until pale in color.
5. Add in vanilla, orange extract, unsweetened cashew milk, apple cider vinegar, blood orange zest, and gently blend again. Wear your apron … or splish splash you’ll be taking a bath 😉
6. Slowly pour your flour mix into the wet ingredients, mixing between each addition. Don’t over mix.
7. Now using a large cookie scoop, scoop batter into each cupcake liner.
8. Bake for approximately 18 minutes. Check with toothpick. Oven temperatures may vary.
9. Remove from oven and let cool.

For the Blood Orange Frosting 

1. Blend softened butter for one minute until smooth and creamy.
2. Add zest, juice from blood orange, and orange extract… blend again.
3. Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time blending between each increment.
4. Add frosting to a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcakes.
5. Sprinkle with a little more zest.
6. Enjoy 🙂

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Blood Orange Cardamom Cupcakes

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• Author: Natalie
• Total Time: Approx. 58 minutes
• Yield: 12 -18 1x

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Blood Orange Cardamom Cupcakes with Blood Orange Frosting – The Best simple homemade gluten free and dairy free orange cupcake recipe. These Blood Orange Cupcakes are moist, soft, fluffy with a delicious hint of cardamom. A super easy moist cupcake recipe from scratch .

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Ingredients

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Blood Orange Cardamom Cupcakes

• 1 1/2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• pinch of sea salt
• 1 tsp. cardamom
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp orange extract ( We had to use extract in place of blood orange puree because it kept turning the cake green… no bueno!!  )
• 1/3 cup Olivina Taproom Blood Orange Infused Olive Oil
• 2 Eggs  ( room temperature )
• 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cashew Milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons blood orange zest

For the Blood Orange Frosting

• 1 stick softened Earth Balance Butter (1/2 cup )
• 1 tablespoon blood orange zest
• 3 tablespoons juice from a blood orange
• 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
• 4 cups powdered sugar

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Blood Orange Cardamom Cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2. Line cupcake tin with cupcake liners, set aside.
3. In a medium bowl combine ( mix ), flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cardamom… set aside.
4. In a large bowl blend sugar, oil, and eggs together. Approx. 1 minute until pale in color.
5. Add in vanilla, orange extract, unsweetened cashew milk, apple cider vinegar, blood orange zest, and gently blend again. Wear your apron … or splish splash you’ll be taking a bath 😉
6. Slowly pour your flour mix into the wet ingredients, mixing between each addition. Don’t over mix.
7. Now using a large cookie scoop, scoop batter into each cupcake liner.
8. Bake for approximately 18 minutes. Check with toothpick. Oven temperatures may vary.
9. Remove from oven and let cool.

For the Blood Orange Frosting

1. Blend softened butter for one minute until smooth and creamy.
2. Add zest, juice from blood orange, and orange extract… blend again.
3. Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time blending between each increment.
4. Add frosting to a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcakes.
5. Sprinkle with a little more zest.
6. Enjoy 🙂

• Prep Time: 40
• Cook Time: Approx. 18 minutes
• Category: desserts

This is such a wonderful easy orange cupcake recipe! We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Check out all of our gluten free desserts here

Love, Natalie

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For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the things he planned for us long ago.

Ephesians 2:10

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