EASY, CREAMY ORANGE SCONES

Do you find citrus fragrance satisfying? 

Do you enjoy a good lemon cake, orange cookies, or orange scones?

I know my answer is " yes please" to these questions..

That's why these orange scones are my go to whenever I crave the sweet,spicy smell of citrus..

Impress your friends ,family or mother in law with this easy to make, no fuss , creamy Orange cupcakes..

Let's get into it, shall we?

Ingredients 

3  cups of flour ( works well with all purpose or cake flour)

Zest of 1 Orange 

7 tablespoons of brown sugar 

1 cup sour cream 

2 large eggs

1 tablespoon of baking powder

200g of margerine 

1/4 tablespoon of salt

2 tablespoons of Vanilla essense 

Half a tea spoon of orange/ lemon essense  ( optional )

Half a teaspoon of Orange food colouring ( optional)

Instructions 

1.Preheat the oven to 195 degrees 

2.Mix all the dry ingredients together,and add cubed margarine and zest into the dry ingredients and rub with your hands until it is all fluffy and buttery.

3.In a separate bowl beat eggs, sour cream, milk, vanilla essence and the optional ingredients together .

4.Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture and lightly mix together,( do not over mix)

5. Spoon the mixture into lightly greased muffin cups

6.Bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Enjoy! !