Orange & almond cupcakes - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 300g butter, softened
• 300g golden caster sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 250g plain flour
• 100g ground almonds
• 2½ tsp baking powder
• zest 1 orange, plus 2 tbsp juice
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 200g butter, softened
• 450g icing sugar, plus a little extra
• 200g cream cheese
• 1 tbsp orange juice
• food colouring paste of your choice (we used a mixture of pink and yellow to create coral)
• 250g pack green sugar paste (or fondant icing mixed with green food colouring)
• 24 muffin cases (we used green ones)
• large piping bag
• large curved star point piping nozzle
• 15cm/6in styrofoam ball
• 15cm/6in flowerpot (measured across the top)
• green tissue paper
• sticky tape
• 24 short wooden skewers (or long ones cut in half)
• ribbon, to decorate (optional)