Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in the orange zest. Add the cold butter to the flour mixture and, using a fork or pastry blender, cut the mixture until it resembles coarse meal. In another bowl, mix together the cream and buttermilk and add all at once to the dry ingredients.
• Stir the dough with a rubber spatula just until it is moistened. Turn out onto a floured board and pat out to a 3/4-inch-thick rectangle. Using a 3-inch biscuit cutter, cut into rounds. Place the rounds 1 inch apart on a baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes, or until puffed and lightly browned.