Lavender & Orange Cupcakes!

Ah... I've not updated the blog for a week.... :( Have been busy with uni lately....

I did this recipe last week and it turned out good!!! Leoy helped me to advertise my cupcakes and apparently there are a few interested buyers! That's really encouraging for an aspiring amateur baker! Haha!

But do give this recipe a try! Cause the cupcakes rose nice and evenly and it was nice and soft too despite the lack of butter in this recipe! Yes, there is NO butter! Recently, I read an article on substituting yogurt for baking in livestrong and i decided to give it a try! And it didn't disappoint! I think i'll try this yogurt substitution in future recipes! Hope you try it too! :D


Ingredients

(Makes 7 cupcakes!)

(Dry)

1 cup self raising flour 

1 cup sugar

1 tbsp lavender 

1/2 tsp baking powder

(Wet)

3 eggs

1/2 cup yogurt

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp orange zest

1) Sieve self raising flour with baking powder

2) Add sugar and lavender and mix the dry ingredients well. 

3) In a separate bowl, beat all the wet ingredients!

4) Add mixed wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Pour in slowly and mix well. Make sure there are NO clumps!

5) Fill the muffin tins with cupcake batter and bake in oven at 180°C for 18mins. 

6) Remove from oven and let it to cool! 

For the frosting:

Orange Buttercream Frosting

1/2 cup butter, softened

3 cups powdered sugar

1/8-1/4 cup orange juice

1 tsp orange zest

1) Cream butter with orange juice and zest.

2) Slowly add the powdered sugar and mix well! 

3) Add to piping bag and frost starting from the outside! (I didn't use any frosting tips!)

    

4) Add an orange slice to garnish and..... NOM AWAY!!!!

p.s. my parents loved it! Will be making another batch this weekend! Will update this post with more pics!!!