I can find it in cookie form, but...

[mahogany]

Okay, I’m having weird cravings...no, I’m not pregnant, but anyhow...

I’d like to bake either:

Anise flavored cupcakes with orange icing

or

Orange cupcakes with anise icing.


I’m sure this exists, since the whole orange licorice thing is a pretty tried and true combination. But do you think I can find a recipe?

Sigh...the closest thing I found was a recipe for orange and anise cookies, but I don’t want cookies, I want cupcakes, damnit!

And yes, I’m aware I can probably find a cake recipe and an icing recipe separately and combine them, I just want something that has been previously tested so I don’t end up with a revolting mess.

Comments

[kishiriadgr.livejournal.com]

I dislike orange and hate anise, but...

I suggest that you make boring old white cupcakes and boring white icing but add orange extract to one and ground anise seeds to the other. Anise of course is one of those things where a little bit goes a long way. (I use a coffee grinder when grinding the nasty things for cookies for electorprince.)

[garpu.livejournal.com]

I"m really surprised it hasn't been done more. I know anise is common in some Italian desserts--at least it was in my family.

[catdraco.livejournal.com]

I just want something that has been previously tested so I don’t end up with a revolting mess.

Whereas I think that the best cookery is simply a combination of guts and imagination. Go wild in the kitchen!

"Approach love and cookery with reckless abandon" - the Dalai Lama
;)

[tracied.livejournal.com]

okay. So what you need to do is buy some anise extract, oranges with good rind for grating, and juicy too.

Make the cupcakes with the anise and grated orange zest. Then make a buttercream or cream cheese frosting with the orange zest and juice.