Orange muffins

You start with a crave for orange goodies.

Make sure the following are handy:

• 1  3/4 cup cake flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 large eggs, separated and whites beaten until stiff
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 stick of butter, softened

Combine butter, sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla in a mixing bowl.  Cream these ingredients together thoroughly. 

Mix flour, salt, and baking powder together in a separate mixing bowl.  Add dry ingredients to creamed ingredients 1/3 at a time  alternating with adding portions of the orange juice to the creamed mixture. 

Fold in beaten egg whites.  Spoon batter into cupcake liners until 1/2 full. Bake in a 350F/180Celsius preheated oven for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Personal note: I did not use a thermometer so I preheated the oven on "high" then left the trays in the oven on "medium" for 20 minutes. Worked out well.

Enjoy.