Food and Recipes Desserts Cakes Fresh Citrus Cupcakes With Orange Buttercream 5.0 (1) 1 Review Learn how to make Fresh Citrus Cupcakes With Orange Buttercream. MyRecipes has 70,000+ tested recipes and videos to help you be a better cook. By Southern Living Editors Updated on February 24, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Beth Dreiling Hontzas; Styling: Buffy Hargett Total Time: 2 hrs 12 mins Yield: 6 dozen miniature cupcakes Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened 2 cups sugar 4 large eggs 1 tablespoon orange zest 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 (8-oz.) container sour cream Orange Buttercream Directions Preheat oven to 350°. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Stir in orange zest and juice. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients. Gradually add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream, beating until blended. Spoon batter by rounded tablespoonfuls into lightly greased miniature muffin pans. Bake at 350° for 13 to 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 5 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely (about 30 minutes). Pipe or spread Orange Buttercream onto cupcakes. Note: To prepare regular-size cupcakes, spoon batter into 2 lightly greased 12-cup muffin pans, filling two-thirds full. Bake at 350º for 22 to 24 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool and decorate as desired. Makes 2 dozen. Rate it Print