Orange and Almond Cupcakes

I made some cupcakes recently and made a little flag decoration for them for the Fiskarettes blog HERE....

I just thought I would share the recipe as they were so darn yummy....

Ingredients:

• 185g softened butter
• 2 teaspoons finely grated orange rind
• 220g caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 225g self-raising flour
• 75g plain flour
• 60g ground almonds
• 125ml orange juice
• 60ml milk

Butter cream:

• 125g softened butter
• 2 teaspoons finely grated orange rind
• 240g icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk

1. Preheat Oven to 180C/160 fan assisted.  Line 12-hole muffin pan with paper cases.
2. Beat butter, rind and sugar in a small bowl until fluffy; beat in eggs one at a time.  Transfer mixture to medium bowl; stir in sifted flours, ground almonds, juice and milk, in two batches.
3. Place mixture into paper cases.  Bake for approx. 30 minutes.  Leave to stand for a few minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
4. Make orange butter cream.  Beat butter and rind in small bowl with electric mixter until as white as possible, beat in icing sugar and milk, in two batches.
5.  This makes super fluffy buttercream which you pop into a piping bag and swirl over the cake.  Add your decoration!

Caroline x :)