Description
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 .
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
Instructions
Blood Orange Cardamom Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- Line cupcake tin with cupcake liners, set aside.
- In a medium bowl combine ( mix ), flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cardamom… set aside.
- In a large bowl blend sugar, oil, and eggs together. Approx. 1 minute until pale in color.
- 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 😉
- Slowly pour your flour mix into the wet ingredients, mixing between each addition. Don’t over mix.
- Now using a large cookie scoop, scoop batter into each cupcake liner.
- Bake for approximately 18 minutes. Check with toothpick. Oven temperatures may vary.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
For the Blood Orange Frosting
- Blend softened butter for one minute until smooth and creamy.
- Add zest, juice from blood orange, and orange extract… blend again.
- Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time blending between each increment.
- Add frosting to a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcakes.
- Sprinkle with a little more zest.
- Enjoy 🙂
- Prep Time: 40
- Cook Time: Approx. 18 minutes
- Category: desserts
