Thermomix Whole Orange Cupcakes

These Thermomix whole orange cupcakes with orange cream cheese frosting are light and moist and delicious - and so easy to make.

This recipe for orange cupcakes has fast become one of my absolute favorites! Adding the orange zest to the cream cheese frosting really takes these to another level!

And yes this orange cake recipe does use a whole orange - zest, pith and all. Don't worry, it doesn't turn out too bitter, and the orange juice makes for a lovely moist cupcake.

Making Thermomix Orange Cupcakes

Gosh, doesn't the Thermomix make baking so easy?! And this cupcake recipe is no exception.

The Thermomix makes such light work of mashing up the whole orange and then mixing in the ingredients together, that it literally takes just a couple of minutes to make the cake batter.

The only thing you need to remember is to zest some of the orange first to make sure you have some zest to add to the frosting. I highly recommend a fine grater for this, such as this Microplane zester/grater.

Once you've done that, you just need to quarter the orange and add it into the Thermomix with the butter and whizz it up, then add the rest of the ingredients and mix... and the batter is done!

So easy.

Because making the cupcake batter is so quick, make sure you have your oven pre-heated and your muffin tin lined and ready to go before you start.

Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

I love, love, love cream cheese frosting and am always looking for excuses to use it when I bake.

This is the same cream cheese icing I use on Carrot Cake Cupcakes and Red Velvet Cupcakes but with the addition of orange zest.

I was a little worried that adding orange zest to the frosting would ruin it, but boy was I wrong! It is AMAZING with the orange zest.

Honestly, it takes it to a whole new level again. I didn't think it was possible to love cream cheese frosting anymore that I already did - but here it is.

And it is SO simple to make in the Thermomix - you literally just throw in all the ingredients into the Thermie and whizz it up for 30 seconds. It's almost cheating!

Icing Cupcakes

If you are new to icing cupcakes, I have some advice. Use a LARGE icing tip!

I use either the Wilton 1M (used in the pictures on this page) or the Wilton 1A (used for these Carrot Cake Cupcakes) together with a piping bag.

Seriously, I won't ice cupcakes with any other tip. They make your job SO much easier and with a bit of practice, you'll be icing cupcakes like a pro.

Even my 9-year old daughter has mastered icing cupcakes using the 1M tip.

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