Michelle Darmody: Delicious chocolate and orange cupcakes
Chocolate marmalade cupcakes
It’s the season for Seville and blood oranges. Both have delicious uses in their own right, but it's the Seville ones that make the best marmalade. Getting a batch of them in my local fruit and veg shop inspired me to make a few recipes incorporating marmalade.
Marmalade combines the sweetness of jam with the bitterness of citrus peel, you do however simmer the whole oranges in water before making the marmalade which removes some of the bitter taste from the pith and peel. The tartness that is left is a wonderful contrast to the sugar. Seville oranges make great marmalade as they are high in pectin which helps the jelly around the peel to set beautifully.
