• Cooking Time: 25 - 30 minutes
• Servings: 24 cupcakes
• Preparation Time: 2 hours
• Terry's Chocolate Orange Cupcake
• 1/2 cup Unsalted butter softened
• 3/4 cup Granulated sugar
• 2 Large Eggs
• 2 Tsp. Orange Rind
• 3 Semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 3/4 cup Sour milk
• 2 cups All-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp. Salt
• Chocolate Orange Icing
• 4 cups Icing sugar
• 8oz block Cream Cheese
• 1/2 cup Cocoa
• 1/4 cup Hard margarine
• 2 tsp. Orange rind

1. Cream margarine and sugar in large bowl. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add orange rind. Beat well.
3. Head and stir chocolate and sour milk in heavy medium saucepan on medium-low head until chocolate is melted. Mixture will look curdled. Remove from head. Let stand for 5 minutes.
5. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Add to margarine mixture in 3 additions, alternating with chocolate mixture in 2 additions, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
7. Line 2 cupcake pans, and fill each cup about half way with batter. They WILL rise significantly.
9. Bake in 350 degree oven for about 25-30 minutes; until a wooden pick comes out clean.
11. Icing:
13. Beat all 5 ingredients in medium bowl until smooth.

I found this recipe in a cookbook that was given to me by a friend. I followed the recipe, but tweaked it a little bit to taste like Terry's Chocolate Orange in a cupcake!