Orange Filled Peach Cupcakeschampagne Frosting Recipes

ORANGE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, orange zest and vanilla. Add enough orange juice to achieve frosting consistency.

PEACH BELLINI CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium sized bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• In a large mixing bowl beat together butter and sugar for 3-5 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add vanilla; then beat in egg whites one at a time.
• Stir together the champagne and schnapps in a spouted measuring cup.
• To the butter mixture, gradually add in flour mixture and the champagne/schnapps mixture, in three alternating additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
• Gently stir in the diced peaches.
• Pour batter into cupcake liners, filling 2/3 full.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
• To make the frosting:.
• Beat together the butter and vanilla.
• Add powdered sugar in one cup increments, then add champagne, milk, peach schnapps and food coloring.
• Frost cupcakes once they have completely cooled. I also sprinkled with a little orange and yellow sugar, for decoration.
• Makes 2 dozen cupcakes.

ORANGE FILLED PEACH CUPCAKES/CHAMPAGNE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pans with liners.
• Mix all ingredients together until combined. Bake for 20-25 minutes until a tooth pick comes out clean.
• Filling: Mix the butter and cream cheese and add orange flavor, vanilla, salt, and orange zest. Beat in confectioners sugar until smooth and creamy.
• When the cupcakes have cooled with a sharp knife cut a divit in the center of the cupcake out and with a pastry tube fill the hollow with the filling. The bigger the divit the more orange flavor. Refrigerate.
• Frosting: Beat together the butter and the vanilla. Add powdered sugar in one cup increments, then add champagne, milk, peach schnapps. By this time the filling should have firmed up....frost the cupcakes and enjoy. You can decorate them with yellow and orange sprinkles or what ever you like.