Tangerine Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon fresh tangerine zest
• 1/4 cup fresh tangerine juice
• 1 large egg, separated
• 1/3 cup butter
• 3 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon fresh tangerine zest
• 1 -2 tablespoon fresh tangerine juice
• 3 tablespoons orange sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 375 degrees fahrenheit, line muffin tin with 18 cups.
• 2 mix flour, 1 cup of the sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
• 3 make well in the centre and add oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and tangerine zest (1 tbsp). beat one minute.
• 4 add tangerine juice (1/4 cup) and egg yolks and beat another minute.
• 5 in a separate bowl, using clean beaters, whip egg whites until foamy.
• 6 gradually pour in remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and whip until whites hold stiff peak.
• 7 fold whites gently into batter and spoon into muffin cups.
• 8 bake 15 minutes, until cupcakes spring back when pressed. cool completely.
• 9 icing:.
• 10 beat butter until fluffy.
• 11 on low speed, beat in icing sugar until smooth.
• 12 beat in vanilla (1 tsp), tangerine zest (1 tbsp), and tangerine juice (1-2 tbsp).
• 13 if icing is too thin, add more sugar.
• 14 spread onto cupcakes, garnish with sprinkles.