Boyfriend Cupcakes

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup granulated white sugar
• 1 orange, zested and juiced
• 3 ounces dark chocolate
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 2 egg yolks, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1/2 cup Gran Marnier (or other orange liqueur)

1. Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and cocoa powder. Set these mixed dry ingredients aside.
2. In a small bowl, mix sugar and orange zest. Use your fingertips to really work the orange oils into the sugar!
3. Cream butter and orange sugar in a stand mixer (or with handheld mixer). Meanwhile, in a microwave or over a double broiler, melt the chocolate (but be careful not to burn it!).
4. Gently mix the melted chocolate into the butter and sugar, just until combined. Add eggs and yolks, one at a time, mixing completely between additions. Stir in 1 1/2 Tbsp. of the orange juice. Mix in oil, vanilla extract, and yogurt.
5. Fold about 1/3 of the dry ingredients into the wet, mixing until just combined. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients.
6. Stir in Gran Marnier.
7. Fill cupcake tins about 2/3 full. Bake 16-19 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. (For mini cupcakes, fill liners half full and reduce baking time to 10-11 minutes.) Cool on wire rack.
8. I recommend icing with Gran Marnier buttercream. Easy adaptation on the icing, just use your favorite standard buttercream recipe and replace any milk with Gran Marnier. Delicious!

flour, salt, baking soda, cocoa powder, unsalted butter, white sugar, orange, chocolate, eggs, egg yolks, canola oil, vanilla, vanilla yogurt, gran marnier

Taken from food52.com/recipes/41169-boyfriend-cupcakes (may not work)