Refreshing Orange Creamsicle Cupcakes

These Refreshing Orange Creamsicle Cupcakes are a delightful treat with a burst of citrus flavor and a creamy frosting. Perfect for a summer dessert!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon orange extract optional
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup whipped cream
• Orange slices for garnish

Instructions:

Warm up your oven to 350F 175C and put 4 cupcake liners in a muffin tin

Put flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and mix them together

Mix in the softened butter until the mixture looks like big crumbs

Add the buttermilk, orange zest, egg, fresh orange juice, and if using orange extract

Beat the batter until it is smooth

Put the same amount of batter into each cupcake liner

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean

On a wire rack, let the cupcakes cool all the way down

Mix powdered sugar and heavy cream in a different bowl

Whip them together until stiff peaks form

This is the whipped cream frosting

On top of each cupcake, pipe or spread the whipped cream

Add orange slices as a garnish

Serve and have fun!