Orange Cupcakes For Grown Ups

My friends are always wondering what will be in the cake dome when they come over and this weekend I have a few friends over so its been filled with these yummy cupcakes!

160g butter/margarine
3 eggs
200 sugar
200g self raising flour
½ tsp baking powder
Zest of 1 orange
Juice of ½ orange
1 tablespoon of cointreau

• Beat together the eggs, sugar and butter.
• Stir in flour and baking powder, followed by orange juice and zest and cointreau.
• Spoon into 12 cupcake cases and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C for 20-25 minutes until a skewer inserted into a cupcake comes out clean.
• Allow to cool completely on a rack before icing.

Orange Icing

250g icing sugar
80 butter
juice of half an orange

• Beat ingredients together and spoon a heaped teaspoon onto each cupcake and spread.