Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea on the weekend is just a must!  Growing up it was usually scones with apricot jam and cream. Today anything sweet will do with a cup of Earl grey tea.  Yum!!!

The other day at our local market I found a jar of orange peel rolls preserved in sugar syrup.  Now....what to do with them. 

Staring at all the recipe books in the kitchen, I remember that my mom used to make cupcakes with granadillas (passion fruit), ah ha....cupcakes, why not!! 

Orange cupcakes with orange frosting and an orange twirl.

 

 

Ingredients

 

70g margarine

210g castor sugar

2 eggs

260g cake flour

6g baking powder

pinch of salt

5ml vanilla essence

200ml milk

zest from 1 orange

 

Method

 

1. Heat oven to moderate (180 C)

2. Put paper cups into patty tins.

3. Cream the margarine and the castor sugar until light and fluffy.

4. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition.

5.  Add the zest of about half an orange.

 

 

6. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt.

7. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk and vanilla essence, blending gently.

8. Spoon into paper cups and bake for 15 minutes.

 

9. Turn out onto cooling tray and cover with frosting when cool.

 

 Frosting

 

125g margarine

140g icing sugar

12,5ml orange juice

25ml milk

orange peel rolls

 

1. Cream the margarine and icing sugar.

2. Add the orange juice and mix well.

3. Add the milk.

4. Pipe over the cakes and decorate with the orange peel rolls and edible glitter.