Chocolate Orange Baby Cakes
The recipe Chocolate Orange Baby Cakes could satisfy your Southern craving in about 3 hours and 30 minutes. This recipe serves 24. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 334 calories. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up whipping cream, semisweet chocolate chips, vanilla cake mix, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a dessert.
Instructions
Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs and adding orange extract, orange peel and food color. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove cupcakes from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely.
Place chocolate chips in medium heatproof bowl. In 2-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave whipping cream on High about 1 minute or until hot.
Pour over chocolate chips.
Let stand 2 minutes; stir until smooth.
Let stand 8 to 10 minutes until slightly thickened.
Place waxed paper under cooling racks. Spoon chocolate glaze over cakes, allowing glaze to drip down sides. Decorate with candy sprinkles.
Let stand 2 hours or until set.
Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel
Southern can be paired with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 29 dollars per bottle.
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Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese
Classic natural sweet Spatlese with nice acidity and elegant, natural residual sugar. Selective harvest, gentle processing of the must, systematic clarification, slow fermentation and careful finishing are the basics for this traditional Vollrads' Riesling.This wine pairs perfectly with Asian cuisine due to the harmony of sweetness and acidity. Also interesting taste combinations can be achieved through the pairing of blue-veined cheese or a fruit dessert.