Orange Cardamom Cupcakes

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• nonstick cooking spray
• 4 1/2 cups cake flour
• 3 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
• 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 9 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons orange flower water
• 2 1/4 cups unsalted butter (41/2 sticks)
• 3 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3 cups butter
• 2 1/2 lbs confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons whipping cream
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 6 drops yellow food coloring

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 spray insides of paper molds with spray.
• 3 arrange on 2 baking sheets.
• 4 sift flour, cardamom, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
• 5 whisk eggs, orange peel, flower water, and vanilla in a bowl.
• 6 in a medium bowl beat butter with an electric mixer, gradually add sugar, beating well.
• 7 add egg mixture.
• 8 beat in dry ingredients alternating with buttermilk.
• 9 spoon 1/3 cup batter into each paper mold.
• 10 bake about 25 minutes, switching racks after 12 minutes.
• 11 transfer to racks to cool completely.
• 12 for frosting, beat butter until softened, beat in sugar, cream, vanilla.
• 13 divide into 2 bowls.
• 14 add vanilla to one bowl; stir.
• 15 add almond extract and food coloring to the other bowl; stir.
• 16 frost cupcakes,.
• 17 enjoy.