Orange cupcake ~ 香橙纸杯蛋糕

I spotted these cute Bageforme baking cups on my recent holiday and bought them without much hesitation.  Bageforme is Danish for bakeware.  A box of 12 costs two Euro.  Coming back to the cupcakes.  These orange zesty cupcakes are  soft and moist and to me they taste a bit like sponge cake.   I dressed some up with  butter icing and if you are not a fan of buttery icing, they are also delicious, even eaten on its own.

Orange Cupcake ~ 香橙纸杯蛋糕

Ingredients

• 90 gm plain flour
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 'L' egg
• 55 gm caster sugar
• 85 gm butter, melted
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup milk

 Frosting

• 80 gm butter 
• 123 gm icing sugar, sifted

Method

1. Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Set aside.
2. With a handheld whisk, on medium speed, beat egg with sugar till fluffy, pale and thick.
3. Reduce speed, add in melted butter, zest and vanilla.
4. Sift in the flour again alternating with milk ,whisk on low till just combined.  You can also opt to mix in by hand.  (Do not overmix).
5. Divide batter into the cup cake liners.
6. Bake in a preheated oven @ 180 deg.C for 18 to 20 mins. till golden brown, test with a skewer till it comes out clean.
7. Remove from oven and let cool in the cupcake liners, on a wire rack.
8. Yield :  5 cupcakes