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Mandarin Cupcakes

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Course Cakes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 handfull very small mandarins UNPEELED or 2 - 3 regular mandarins
  • 1 tea bag orange and cinnamon herbal tea Optional

Pantry Staples

  • 125 g butter
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 cup (heaped) self raising flour

Instructions
 

  • Place orange and cinnamon tea bag in ¼ cup hot water and steep for 10 minutes
  • Preheat oven to 180° C
  • Place unpeeled mandarin wedges in food processor
  • Add 2 tbsp of hot tea (or water if you are not using tea) to the mandarins and process to a pulp - set aside
  • Cream butter and sugar then beat in eggs one at a time
  • Add salt, flour and mandarin pulp
  • Stir to mix well and place in cupcake moulds or cake tin
  • Bake whole cake for 40 - 45 minutes or cupcakes for 10 - 15 minutes. Times are based on a fan-forced oven - use a skewer to check they are cooked.

Serving Suggestions

  • Just as they are - warm from the oven (my preferred option)
    OR sieve over some icing sugar and serve cooled
    OR mix some icing sugar with small amount of mandarin juice/ orange juice and ice them.
Keyword Cake, Mandarin