Having a box of oranges from the holidays that needed to be used I started squeezing them for orange juice.
Orange peels have so many uses and can be composted. Trying to decided what to do with the ones I just squeezed and in a baking mood, I went to the local grocer and purchased an organic cake mix and cage free eggs. Had organic milk at home. I try to purchase "organic" as much possible, but have to consider cost and what's available in town.
Mixed up the batter and filled the orange peel cupcake holders.
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Baked according to the instructions on the box.
Made up a quick orange flavored frosting and decorated them with orange curls.
Note: You could scrape all the pulp out the orange peel so more batter could be placed in them. Time wise I left the pulp in them which also gave the cupcakes a slight orange flavor. The cupcake is small when removed from the orange peel. That's ok, now you can eat 2 or 3 of them. Orange you glad for this appealing idea!!!
we made orange peel cupcakes in Boy Scouts. It's a fun thing to do. Yours look much much nicer.
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I love your ideas Desiree, because they are easy and if I had children, it would be fun to do with them! Maybe The Herbal Husband would be interested!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I got three dozen awesome Florida oranges this morning at the grocer; I'll happily sacrifice a few for their juice and to try this.
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ReplyDeleteGreat ideal! Never would have thought of this. Meg would have a fit if I used cake mix, we always bake from scratch!
omg! can't wait to try this! thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea !! I can imagine the sweet aroma of the lovely orange flavored cakes !!!
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What a clever idea! Love it! And nice joke at the end there.. :)
ReplyDeletewow!!! I loved it!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the neatest ideas I have ever seen. I would have never thought it was possible:)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea - good to follow my omelette made in a sandwich bag for a fun snack.
ReplyDeleteawesome! i'm so glad i stumbled upon this!!! ( quite literaly as i used stumbleupon to get here :P ) i'm going to try this asap! nice joke at the end btw
ReplyDeleteOmelette in a sandwich bag? ...explain please!
ReplyDeleteReally good idea
ReplyDeleteVery cute. It is a great idea for kids!
ReplyDeletewow! I've never heard of this...will have to try it. They look lovely the way you decorated them!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful green idea. No stupid paper cups to toss away! Just compost the peels after!
ReplyDeleteRemember orangie, my car in high school?
ReplyDeleteThe cupcakes look really great. So does the blog. Orange you glad you stuck with it?
I just love this idea!
ReplyDeleteWow, very resourceful and creative. I'd never thought of that.Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the kind comments. Never thought a simple experiment would become news. If anyone bakes some cupcakes in grapefruits, decorates them differently in a peel, displays them in a creative way for an occasion, I would love to see photos. You may post them on my Facebook Fan Page, email them to me desiree@beyondagarden.com or let me know where you posted pictures. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThey look great. My nose the smell of an orange was delicious.;))
ReplyDeleteA great imagination thought this idea up.
ReplyDeletewowww ! I eat all of them.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I found this! I bought 2 cases of grapefruit a week ago, and I'm slowly working my way through them, but I have a ton of grapefruit rinds leftover! Last night I candied the rinds of 16 grapefruits, but I'm not really pleased with the results. I'll try using them as cupcake liners next. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYou know everything that is Carbon based is "organic" right?
ReplyDeleteStill looks great though, I'm definitely gonna try it :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a cute recipe idea. I'll tweet about it. Thanks for sharing. Teresa
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
ReplyDeleteI love what you did with the oranges. That is recycling for sure and it ensentuate the taste for the muffins as well I am sure. Boy! That is sure creative! : )
ReplyDeleteto anonymous, Jan. 14th- just search 'ziplock omelet' and you should come up with some variations. very cool. good for camping or having a crowd over overnite to each make their own in a.m. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, this is really doing recycle. And looks nice too!
ReplyDeleteit is s neat idea...I have done this with sweet potatos in it for thanksgiving...after sitting all night in orange peels and then bake the next day they have a hint of orange all throughout that really compliments the sweet potato too
ReplyDeleteI like to eat cake.
ReplyDeleteawesome!!
ReplyDeleteCupcakes are good..thank you . I have 3 orange trees and 2 grapefruit in my back yard. I make them every morning fresh..thanks again..The house smells delicious too. Phoenix needs to be aware of this.
ReplyDeleteThese are really cute!
ReplyDeleteAs a Red Seal Chef I'm still very impressed with new and unique ideas for presentation of different kinds of food. This one rates an 'A' in my books :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea. Using natural material as a mould is healthy and environment friendly.
ReplyDeleteI, too, try to buy as much organic stuf as I can afford.
How does one get the muffin out of the orange cup? Do we have to eat the muffin with a spoon, or is there a way to make the muffins fall out?
ReplyDeleteWhat a great kid project! My daughter loves to bake -- and so do my Girl Scouts -- so this one we'll have to try. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe grow our owns oranges..wow what a good idea. My grandchildren loved them (and making). Thanks for sharing with an american in Brazil
ReplyDeleteHiya! My friend forwarded me a link to your page. He knows I am always looking for baking ideas. I think this is a very cute and fun idea. I will be trying it out soon and 'blogging' about it with a link to your page. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteHow do the cupcakes come out of the peel? When they cool, bend back the peel a bit and turn over. The very small cupcake falls out. Try It!!!!
ReplyDeleteIf anyone makes the cupcakes I would love to post a picture or link to your site.
ReplyDeleteSounds delicious. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea! I can just smell them in the oven. :)
ReplyDeleteWow - this is an awesome idea! So green & so yummy!
ReplyDeleteYou keep on making me smile!! so creative, I would have never thought of this one...Thanks for sahring Desiree!!
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazing display of what can be done with creativity, imagination, and used stuff!! I LOVE oranges and cupcakes so what a fabulous combination. I just posted this on our ReUseConnection's FB page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ReUseConnection/253021991560 Keep up the great work and email if you'd like to talk more. Cheers Ian Moise (imoise@reuseconnection.com)
ReplyDeleteDo the orange peels give an extra orange flavour to the cupcakes ?
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, when you used some fruits for making orange juice...
Greetings from Germany.
There is a slight orange flavor in the cupcakes, but not to strong. Appreciate the comment and greetings.
ReplyDeleteBlogging about my orange peel experiment and then receiving all the nice and thoughtful comments has brought many smiles to me. Thank You.
ReplyDeleteNice blog for new generation
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hmmmmmm ....... now this just made me think .... I wonder what it would taste like with a chocolate muffin? I came across quite a number of chocolates in the UK that combined orange with chocolate and it's quite a nice combination - maybe mix a bit of the freshly squeezed orange juice in with the chocolate muffin batter just to make the taste of the orange come through stronger? I'll try it and let you know!
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ReplyDeleteI'd bet chocolate muffins in orange peels would be delicious! I love that combination. I love finding different cupcake tins like the orange peels. http://picky-palate.com/ just did muffins in ramekins as gifts--they looked great too!
but wont the orange peel burn?
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