Orange Black Tea Cupcakes

These are so good! So moist and soft and citrusy and... well, just make them and you'll see. This batch makes about 20 muffins so bear that in mind.

You'll need: 

batter

• 400g flour
• 3 tea spoons baking powder
• 250g sugar
• a pinch of salt
• 125ml oil
• 125g butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 table spoons poppy seeds
• 3 table spoons orange curd
• 2 table spoons juice from orange (I'm not saying orange juice because I don't want you to buy that thing, squeeze it out yourself!)
• zest from 1/2 orange
• 360ml milk
• 4 tea spoons black tea leaves

topping

• 1/2 orange zest
• 1 tea spoon orange juice
• 1 tea spoon milk/tea concoction from above
• 250g cream cheese
• a bit of black food color
• poppy seeds for decoration

1) Bring the milk to a boil and then set aside. Put the tea in and let it do it's business for about 15 minutes. Then take the tea out.

2) Put the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix. Add the wet ones and combine.

3) Bake at 180° for about 20 minutes.

4) Mix everything for the topping.

5) Smear a little of the cheese mixture onto your muffins and sprinkle with poppy seeds. You can double the mixture if you feel adventurous - I was afraid everyone would be wary around that dark color so I created just small blobs.