Orange Peel

Orange Peel Tea Cakes

Ingredients

•  1/2 cup (1/4 lb.) butter, at room temperature
•  2/3 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup orange juice
•  2 cups all-purpose flour
•  2 tablespoons orange peel
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
•  1/2 teaspoon salt
•  1/4 teaspoon baking soda
•  2/3 cup buttermilk

How to Make It

In a bowl, with a mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until smooth. Add egg and beat well. Beat in orange juice.

In another bowl, mix flour, orange peel, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Stir half the flour mixture into the butter mixture, then the buttermilk, followed by the rest of the flour mixture, until just incorporated. Spoon batter equally into 24 buttered miniature muffin cups or 12 regular muffin cups (1/3 cup).

Bake in a 350° regular or convection oven until tops are lightly browned and a wooden skewer inserted into the center of one muffin comes out with moist crumbs attached, 20 to 25 minutes. Invert pan to remove cakes. Serve warm, or let cool to room temperature.

 

Orange Peel Facial Scrub

• Mix orange peel powder and brown sugar in a clean bowl.
• Then, add honey and mix properly until a smooth thick paste is formed.
• Apply it on your face and then massage it in circular motions to scrub off all the dead skin cells.

Orange peel absorbs the excess oil from skin and also hydrates skin.