Orange and Lemon Cupcakes

Cupcakes are lovely to look at and delicious to be served to anyone at anytime of the day. I love making it because it uses very minimal ingredients and most of it can be found hidden in your own little cupboard. Just search whatever that you can find, throw them into the batter, place it nicely in the oven and after about 20-25 minutes..you will get yourself a warm and fluffy cupcakes. For this particular dainty and pretty cuppies, Ive used grated zest and juice of an orange and some grated lemon zest too for a fresh taste. These angels would be an ideal for a girly tea party ( hmm, I may do some for Suri's coming birthday in October) or a children's birthday party. Not only children will love the fresh taste and colourful look of it, Im sure the adults  would be thrilled too!! Now..let us go to the ingredients...happy baking peeps!!!

Ingredients

200g  unsalted butter, room temperature
200g caster sugar
3 large eggs
200g self-raising flour
finely grated zest and juice of 1 large orange (worth to get a really fat and juicy one)
finely grated zest of 1 lemon
sugar sprinklers, to decorate

For the icing

50 g unsalted butter (always use SCS or Golden Churn)
125 g icing sugar
juice of 1 lemon
few drops of natural yellow food colouring (optional)
few drops of natural orange food colouring (optional)

Lets get to the messy business...

1. Preheat the oven...always preheat it in advance, so that it will be at the right temperature when you put the cuppies in...
2. Place the butter, sugar, eggs flour, orange and lemon zest in a bowl and beat until the mixture is pale and fluffy. Add the orange juice, a little at a time, until the mixture is of a dropping consistency.
3. Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases and bake for 25-30 mins until lightly golden brown, risen and springy to the touch. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
4. To make the icing, beat the butter and icing sugar together in another bowl, then strir in the leomn juice. If using colouring, put few dots into the mixture until you have the desired colour..
5. Use piping bag with the right nozzle of your choice (depending on the shape and size you wish to have)
and decorate with sugar sprinkler. If your little angel wants to help..this is the fun time getting them to sprinkle these beauties on top of each cake.
6. Serve them with a nice gentle smile of yours. The smile will surely add to the magical taste of it!!

I gave some of the cuppies to my neighbour on the day I made them. Rezeki jiran tetangga :-) Semoga murah rezeki saya..insyallah. So, what are you waiting for? Birthdays coming up? Selamat bercupcakes!! Forgot to mention earlier, these angels can be stored in an airtight container for several days.. Easy, economical and delicious too!!