Sisters Baking! Cupcakes from Scholastic Books!

My 10 year old daughter LOVES to read. We can't keep her in books so she usually reads her book 2-3 times!

A new series we have found, that she LOVES is the Confectionately Yours Series by Lisa Papademetriou from Scholastic! She loves reading about Hayley and her baking, and is always bringing recipes to me to check if we have all the required ingredients.

The most recent book she has been reading is Book # 3 in the series Sugar & Spice and she just HAD to try one of the recipes!

So she got to work (with a little help from her little sister) on the Orange-Creamsicle Cupcakes!
The recipe is found on pages 69-71.

Orange-Creamsicle Cupcakes
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup canola oil
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon orange zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Ingredients for Orange Drizzle
1 cup confectioner's Sugar
3/4 teaspoon orange zest
2-4 teaspoons orange juice


Instructions
1) Preheat Oven to 350F. Lin a muffin pan with cupcake liners
2) In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, orange juice, oil, , sugar, orange zest and vanilla extract and set aside

team work

3)In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

4)Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ones a little bit at a time, and combine using a whisk or handheld mixer, until no lumps remain.

mixing

 

no eggs mean we can lick the beaters!

5) Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way and bake for 20-22 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and let cool completely before frosting.

ready for baking!

All that is left is the tasting!!