This orange cupcake recipe is so sweet and creamy, giving Hostess Orange Cupcakes a run for their money.

Straight out of my book, “Cupcake Cookbook for Kids“, this cupcake recipe includes a 2-ingredient filling you’ll fall in love with.

Best of all, they’re simple enough to make with kids. Really!

How to make this orange cupcake recipe

You’ll see several steps but let us not be deterred!

Take your time if you’re baking with kids, dividing the tasks between your helpers.

You can even whip up the filling (cream cheese + marmalade) and frosting ahead of time. Or freeze and thaw the cupcakes in a separate step. Ultimately you’ll have the creamiest, dreamiest cupcakes with flavor running through every single bite.

RECIPE: Orange Cupcakes

Creamy Dreamy Orange Cupcakes from “Cupcake Cookbook for Kids”

Print Recipe

5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star

No reviews

From “Cupcake Cookbook for Kids”

Author: Charity

Ingredients

Scale

Nonstick cooking spray (or cupcake liners)

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter at room temperature

1/2 cup buttermilk (or 1/2 cup milk + 1/2 teaspoon vinegar)

Juice of 1 orange

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup sugar

zest of 3 oranges

1/4 cup orange marmalade

3 large eggs

(For the filling: 3 ounces full-fat cream cheese + 3 heaping tablespoons orange marmalade)

Cook Mode Prevent your screen from going dark

Instructions

Preheat the oven. Set the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with paper liners or grease the inside with nonstick cooking spray.
Prepare the wet ingredients. In a glass measuring cup with a spout, combine the buttermilk, orange juice and vanilla. Use a fork or small whisk to combine.
Prepare the dry ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to combine.
Cream the butter. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium-high for 3 minutes until fluffy. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Add orange flavor. Add orange zest and orange marmalade to the butter mixture. Mix for 30 seconds. Stop and scrape down the bowl.
Add the eggs. Crack 1 egg into a small bowl. Add the egg to the butter mixture. Mix on medium speed for 1 minute. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Repeat with the second and third eggs.
Combine the ingredients. Add half the flour mixture to the bowl and start the mixer on low speed. Add half the buttermilk mixer. Repeat with the flour and buttermilk mixtures until everything is just mixed in. Stop the batter and scrape the sides of the mixing bowl.
Fill the pan. Using an ice-cream scoop, divide the batter evenly among the prepared cups, filling each to about three quarters.
Bake. Carefully place the pan onto the center rack of the preheated oven. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking (use oven mitts!) so your cupcakes bake evenly.
Let cool.
Prepare the orange filling. Combine the cream cheese and marmalade, with the stand mixer. Store in the refrigerator while cupcakes cool.
Assemble the cupcakes. Use a small paring knife to cut a cone shape in the top of each cupcake. Slice off the bottom of the cone (pointy part) to make space for the filling. Add a small dollop of orange cream to each cupcake, then replace the “lid”. Top with your favorite buttercream icing.

Want more delicious cupcake recipes?

You’ll get this one plus 49 extra ideas right here!

Plus more ideas to get started…

Easy Red Velvet Cupcakes

Dino-Dig Cake and Cupcakes

Cupcake Wars Inspired Birthday Party