Chocolate-Orange Cupcakes

I love chocolate. Absolutely adore. But in these hot summer months, it seems wrong to be eating a chocolate cake for dessert instead of a key-lime pie. So when I stumbled over this recipe for a Chocolate-Orange cupcake, I went for it!

This recipe’s suggestion for frosting did not work out well. So I substituted a simple vanilla butter cream frosting with a bit of fresh orange juice and grated orange peel.

5 Things

Here are five things that are currently making me happy on this 4th of July holiday:

My family’s town home in Rehoboth Beach, DE – all decked out for the 4th of July : )

My dog – who graciously decided to go swimming with the ducks.

My new Kate Spade purse and wallet – outlet shopping is the best way to spend rainy days.

A festive bunt cake for dessert

The start of a beautiful sunset

Happy celebrating!