Lemon cupcakes baked on egg whites

Those lemon cupcakes were delicious. Light, fluffy, tangy and sweet at the same moment. I baked them as I had plenty of egg whites leftover. I wasn't expecting them to be so nice. I truly recommend them :) The recipe comes form this website. 

Ingredients for 9 cupcakes:

• 4 egg whites
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2/3 cup of flour
• 70g melted butter or margarine
• lemon zest

Preheat the oven to 170C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

Melt the margarine/butter and set aside to cool down. 

Beat the egg whites and sugar until stiff. Beating continuously pour the melted butter/margarine into the egg whites. When ready gently fold in the flour and freshly grated lemon zest. 

Spoon the batter into paper cases, filling them 2/3 full. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.

When baked transfer to the wire rack and cool them down. In a meantime prepare the icing.

Icing:

• 1 cup icing sugar
• lemon juice
• yellow food colouring
• white sprinkles to decorate

 In a bowl mix the icing sugar, lemon juice and food colouring until smooth and thick. Spread the mixture over cupcakes tops and sprinkle with white sprinkles. Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish.

Oat bran, raspberry, banana and chocolate chip muffins

Interesting combination of flavours, sweet and sour with dark chocolate bits. Additionally packed with bran. Delicious, prefect for breakfast...

The idea comes from this website.

Ingredients for 12 muffins:

• 285g flour
• 25g oat bran
• 1 tsp soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 60 ml honey
• 65g brown sugar
• 260g mashed bananas
• 65g natural yogurts
• 1 egg
• 175 ml milk
• 90g chocolate chip
• 230g frozen raspberries

Preheat the oven to 190C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

In a big bowl mix the flour, bran, soda, salt, cinnamon and set aside.

In a separate bowl stir sugar and honey together until most of lumps are gone. Add mashed bananas, yogurt and egg. Sir them well. 

Pour wet ingredients into w bowl with dry ingredients add the milk and mix them until just combined. At last, but not at least, gently fold in the chocolate chips and raspberries. 

Spoon the batter into paper cases filling them up to top. Bake the muffins for 20 minutes.

Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish

Easter cupcakes

I have found this recipe on this website. Those cupcake are very tasty, moist a bit lemony and sweet. I truly recommend  them to you. 

Ingredients for 17 cupcakes:

• 150g margarine
• 150g sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 tbsp milk
• 2 egg whites
• 250g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
• lemon extract

Preheat the oven to 200C. Prepare the silicone muffin cases.

The margarine, sugar, milk, egg yolks place in an electric mixer bowl and beat them until all combined.

Ina separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder an vanilla sugar. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ones beating continuously. Add few drops of lemon extract.

In separate bowl whisk the egg whites until stiff and gently fold them into a batter.

Spoon the batter among all muffin cases, filling them up to 3/4 full. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Transfer to the wire rack to cool down.

Prepare the icing.

For the icing:

• 1 cup of icing sugar
• 3 tbsp milk
• few drops lemon extract

 Place all ingredients in a  bowl and stir the witch spoon until turn into thick, smooth paste. Drizzle over each cupcake, sprinkle with sugar decorations. 

Recipe in Polish

Happy Easter to everyone !!

Chocolate cookies mini cakes

Very easy to make, delicious chocolate cookies mini cakes. I takes a while to set them but they wort to wait. Especially that cookies are more tender after a while. 

Ingredients for 6 big muffins:

• 225g dark chocolate (I used rum and raisin one)
• tin of condensed milk about 397 g
• 110g butter
•  about 300g cookies

Prepare big muffin tin, the best one in this case is silicone one.

Brake the chocolate and place it in a pot. Add condensed milk and butter.  Heat it up stirring all the time until chocolate melts. When the mixture is smooth set it aside. Add broken into small pieces cookies and mix them well. 

Divide the mixture among all muffin tin holes. 

Place in the fridge to set for a few hours preferably overnight.

When ready, cut around with hot knife. Remove from tin and place on the plate. I have decorated mine in Easter motives. 

  Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish

Chocolate muffins with nuts, fruits ...

Interesting recipe. Chocolate cupcakes which can be topped up with anything you like. I have already made them with apricots. This time I sprinkled them with granola, almond flakes and cranberries. They are delicious. 

Ingredients for 12 -14 muffins:

• 200g flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 100g chocolate
• 3 eggs
• 100g sugar
• 1 mug of buttermilk
• 125 ml oil
• granola, almond flakes, cranberries and whatever else you would like to put on top 

Preheat the oven to 180C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

Grate the chocolate and put into a bowl. Add flout, baking powder, cocoa and stir well. 

In separate bowl whisk eggs with sugar until pale and creamy. Add buttermilk and oil and stir well. 

Pour the wet ingredients into a bowl with dry ones. Mix them all until just combined. Spoon the batter into paper cases. Sprinkle with granola, nuts and cranberries. Bake in preheated oven 20 - 25 minutes.

Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish 

Malted chocolate cupcakes

Lovely, chocolaty with a hint of malt cupcakes. Truly recommend them.The recipe comes from "Cake days. Recipes to make everyday special. The hummingbird bakery".

Ingredients for 12 - 16 cupcakes:

• 150ml oil
• 75 ml milk
• 75 ml buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1 and 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 240g flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 330g caster sugar
• 150 ml boiling water

Preheat the oven to 190C. Line muffin tin with paper cases. 

Pour the oil, milk, buttermilk, egg and vanilla into an electric mixer bowl and mix until just combine.

In separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Sift about 1/3 of this mixture into a wet ingredients and whisk them. Then add 1/3 of boiling water and mix again. repeat until use all ingredients.

Spoon the batter into paper cases. Bake in preheated oven for 20 -25 minutes. When ready set aside to cool down. Prepare the frosting.

Frosting:

• 200g dark chocolate
• 240 ml double cream
• 115g malted - milk powder
• 50g soft cheese like Philadelphia
• 35g caste sugar
• Malteasers to decorate

 

 Melt the chocolate ether over the boiling water pot or in microwave. Set aside.

Pour the double cream into an electric mixer bowl add the malted - milk powder and whisk until stiffens. In separate bowl whisk the cream cheese and sugar until well combined. Add melted chocolate and mix. Then add whipped cream into chocolate mixture. Frosting is very rich and creamy. Spread the frosting over each cupcake and decorate with Malteasers.

Enjoy !

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Jam doughnut muffins

Easy to make recipe for vanilla muffins filled with jam. They are delicious and taste like doughnuts. The recipe comes form here.

Ingredients for 12 muffins:

• 300g self - rising flour
• 160g sugar
• 80 ml oil
• 1 egg
• 175 ml buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• jam

Preheat the oven to 200C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

In a big bowl mix the flour and sugar. In separate bowl mix the oil, egg, buttermilk and vanilla. Pour the wet ingredients mixture into a dry ones. Mix until just combined. 

Spoon about one table spoon of batter into prepared earlier muffin case, then add about 1 tea spoon of jam, cover with batter. Repeat until use all batter.

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.

Baked muffins place on wire rack to cool down. In a meantime prepare frosting.

Frosting:

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 tbsp milk

Mix until turn into thick paste. Pour over each muffin.

 Enjoy !

Polish translation

Egg - free, millet flour muffins

Soft, fluffy, cocoa muffins. Made with millet flour, what makes them a healthy treat. The recipe comes form here. 

Ingredients for 12 muffins:

• 100 g millet flour*
• 150 g flour
• 1 tbsp cocoa
• 125 g sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 50 ml oil
• 125 ml yogurt
• 50 ml milk
• few drops of vanilla extract

 * to make millet flout, place the millet in a blender and blend until smooth

Preheat the oven to 200. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

In a big bowl mix together the flours, cocoa,sugar, cinnamon, soda and baking powder. In separate bowl whisk the oil, yogurt, milk and vanilla.

Pour the wet ingredients into a dry ones. Mix them all until just combined. Spoon the batter into paper cases and bake for 20 minutes. 

 Enjoy ! 

Polish translation here. 

Mango - coconut muffins

Healthy, tasty a bit exotic muffins. The recipe comes form this website.

Ingredients for 6 big muffins:

• 125 ml coconut oil
• 120g flour
• 85g wholewheat flour
• 1 and 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 280 ml yogurt
• 1 egg
• 100g sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 100g dessicated coconut
• 270g mango (I used tinned mango)

Line muffin tin with paper cases. Preheat the oven to 200C. 

Cut the mango into small chunks. Melt the oil and set aside to cool down.

Mix the flours, baking powder, coconut and salt. In separate bowl mix the yogurt, egg add the sugar and vanilla. 

Pour the wet ingredients mixture into a bowl with dry ingredients. Add the oil. Mix everything until all ingredients are just combined. At last, but not at least, fold in the mango chunks.

Spoon the batter into paper cases, sprinkle with coconut. Bake in preheated oven for 20 - 25 minutes. 

Enjoy !

For Polish translation look here.

Yeast buns with marzipan

This recipe was created as I wanted to prepare a yeast buns for a dessert. I had only few ingredients in my cupboard and now you may see the result of my experiment. Would you like to give it a try ?

Ingredients for 12 buns:

• 2,5 cups flour
• 1 tsp yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 tsp sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup warm milk
• about 20 g butter
• 2 tbsp sugar

Mix the yeast with water and sugar. Set aside.

Place the flour and salt into an electric mixer bowl. Pour in the yeast mixture and mix with yeast dough hook. Heat up the milk, add butter, sugar and stir well. Pour into electric mixer bowl. Knead until forms a ball (when it is too loose add more flour). Place to dough ball into a bowl, put into warm place and let it rise.

In a meantime prepare the filling.

Filling :

• 200g marzipan
• 1 - 2 tsp all spice

 Place the marzipan and spices into a blender and whizz until combined. Turn into 12 balls. 

Take the dough out of a bowl. Roll it, cut out of it the circles. Grease the muffin tin pan with butter. Place each circle into muffin tin nest. Then place a ball of filling inside. 

Place in a warm place to prove.

Preheat the oven to 200C. Bake the buns in preheated oven for 20 - 25 minutes until golden. 

Baked bun set aside to cool down. Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish

Advocaat and peach cupcakes

Those dense, sweet and bit alcoholic cupcakes are very tasty with or without  fruits. They are very easy to make and delicious.

Ingredients for 7 cupcakes:

• 100g margarine
• 150g sugar
• 1 egg
• 200 ml Advocaat
• 250 ml + 2 tbsp flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• tined peach

Preheat the oven to 200C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

Beat the margarine and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add egg and beat until combines with the rest of ingredients. Then pour slowly the alcohol beating continuously. At last,  but not at least, add the flour and baking powder and mix. 

Spoon the batter into paper cases about 3/4 full.  Place a slice of peach on top of each muffins. Bake in preheated oven for 20 - 25 minutes. When baked cool them down and dust with icing sugar.

Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish

Kitchen sink muffins

There is good few variations about kitchen sink muffins. This time I have tested Anna Olson recipe. They were delicious I truly recommend them.

Ingredients for 12 -14 muffins:

• 150g sugar
• 125 ml oil
• 2 eggs
• 165g grated apple
• 100g grated carrot
• 100g chopped pineapple
• 2 tsp lemon zest
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 160g wholemeal flour (I used spelt flour)
• 60g porridge oats + some to sprinkle
• 2 and 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 70g raisins
• 65g sunflower seeds
• 40g dessicated coconut

Preheat the oven to 190C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

The flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, raisins, sunflower seeds and coconut place in  a bowl, mix well and set aside. 

In a separate bowl mix the sugar, eggs and oil. Stir well. Grate the apple, carrot and add them into the wet ingredients mixture. Then chop the pineapple and stir into the mixture. Then add freshly gated lemon zest (only yellow part) and juice. mix all ingredients. 

Add dry ingredients to the wet ones and mix until just combined. Spoon the batter into paper cases about 3/4 full. Sprinkle with porridge oats. 

Bake for  about 30 minutes.

  Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish

Banana coconut muffins

Banana coconut muffins :)

Ingredients for 20 small muffins:

• 185 ml mashed bananas
• 125 ml light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp lime zest (swap with lemon extract)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 125 ml melted butter
• 310 ml flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 125 ml dessicated coconut

Preheat the oven to 190C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

Mix the mashed bananas, sugar, egg, lime zest, vanilla. Then stir in the melted butter. In separate bowl mix the flour, salt and coconut. Add the wet mixture and mix until just combined.

Spoon the batter into paper cases. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes.

 Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish

Mini barnbrack

I have nearly forgotten I have this recipe to publish. I have baked those muffins during Halloween time. If you try to make them  I promise you will enjoy them even now. Barnbrack is traditional Irish Halloween cake usually baked with some hidden surprises so people who find coin, ring etc..could foreseen their future. Anyway it's very tasty. Packed with dried fruits and spices served with butter... yum. The recipe comes form this website . 

 Ingredients for 12 barnbracks:

• 225g dried fruits (raisins and cranberries)
• 2 cups strong tea
• 55 ml warm milk
• 2 tsp dried yeast
• 2 tsp sugar
• 350g flour
• 80g sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp cloves
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1 egg
• 35g soft butter
• 1 tsp salt

 Fruits place in a bowl and cover with tea. Leave them to soak overnight or at least one hour.

Pour milk into a cup add yeast and sugar stir well and set aside for 10 minutes.

In a meantime put the flour, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg into an electric mixer bowl and mix them until combined. Then make a well in the middle and pour in the yeast mixture add egg, butter and salt. Knead with hook attachment for about 10 minutes. After that time dough should be smooth. 

Drain the fruits, chop them into smaller chunks. Add to the dough and knead until fruits are well incorporated. 

Transfer the dough into a bowl, cover with cling film and set aside for minimum an hour to rise. 

Grease muffin tin holes or round baking tin.

Transfer the dough on the worktop and knead it for a few minutes. Then divide into 12 pieces and place each dough ball into muffin tin hole. You can easily place whole piece of dough into round cake tin. Set aside to prove for 30 to 60 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200C. Bake for 20 - 30 minutes for muffins or 35 - 45 minutes for cake.

Serve sliced with butter and hot tea.

Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish

Carob cupcakes

Welcome in 2015 :) ! Happy New Year !

It's high time to catch up with some unpublished recipes. I baked those cupcakes in October last year but haven't got enough time to publish the recipe. 

This is recipe for those who have to avoid chocolate. Carob is healthier chocolate substitute you may read about it here. It has plenty of vitamins, minerals etc.. It has darker than chocolate color and slightly different flavour. 

This recipe comes form carob box. I think it's worth to try.

    Ingredients for 12 cupcakes:

• 100g margarine
• 100g brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1/2 tsp almond essence
• 50g carob
• 40g wholewheat flour (I used spelt flour)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 40g ground almonds

Line muffin tin with paper cases. Preheat the oven to 180C.

Put the margarine  and sugar into electric mixer bowl and beat them. Separate the egg yolks and whites. Mix the egg yolks with vanilla and almond essence and add to the mixture in an electric mixer bowl and beat them together. 

In separate bowl mix the carob, flour, baking powder and almonds. Whip the egg whites until stiff. Add alternately the flour mixture and egg whites foam to the mixture in mixer beating continuously. 

 Spoon the batter to the muffin cases. Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes until well risen. 

Set aside to cool down. Prepare the frosting.

Ingredients for frosting:

• 80g icing sugar
• 25g carob
• 40g butter
• 4 tsp hot water

Place all the ingredients in a bowl  and mix them until turn into thick, smooth mass.

Spread over each cupcake top and sprinkle with chopped almonds.

   Enjoy !

Recipe in Polish