Diamond Jubilee Orange Cupcakes

So for this batch of cupcakes I decided to decorate for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, for she has been on the throne for 60 years! I made orange cupcakes and for the icing, orange with pink coloring. I then decorated them using white icing pen and a yellow one for the middle of the flowers on the plain cupcakes.

The recipe.

125 g butter, softened

2 tsp grated orange rind

1/2 cup caster sugar

2 eggs

1 cup plain flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 cup milk

Cream butter, rind and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift flour and baking powder together. Fold into creamed mixture. Stir in milk. Place 12 paper patty cases in patty tins. Spoon mixture evenly into paper cases. Bake at 190 celsius for 15 minutes or until cakes spring back when lightly touched. Transfer to a wire rack. When cold decorate as wished.

Orange Icing.

2 cups icing sugar

1/4 tsp butter, softened

2 Tbsp orange juice, approximately

2 tsp grated orange rind

Sift icing sugar into a bowl. Add butter. Add sufficient water to mix to a spreadable consistency. Flavor with orange rind.

To decorate in honor of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, I decorated them with diamonds on the pink iced cupcakes, and with white flowers on the plain orange cupcakes. The orange cupcakes do taste delicious, as I have never made them before. I hope you find a liking to this recipe and may it be one you try in the future.