By Good Housekeeping

Ricotta-Orange Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients

12 servings

1 ¼ call purpose flour

¾ tspbaking powder

¼ tspbaking soda

½ tspkosher salt

1 stickunsalted butter

at room temp

1 cgranulated sugar

1 Tbspgrated orange zest

and more orange zest for topping

2 Tbsporange juice

2Eggs

Large, at room temp

1 tsppure vanilla extract

½ cRicotta

Homemade, or store-bought ricotta, at room temp, stirred before using

1.5 sticksunsalted butter

at room temp

⅓ cRicotta

Homemade, or store-bought ricotta, at room temp, stirred before using

3 ½ cconfectioners’ sugar

2 tsppure vanilla extract

⅛ tspkosher salt

Instructions