simple blueberry muffins

Hi everyone, today I´m sharing my simple blueberry muffin idea .. A simple blueberry muffin recipe that is really easy to make ... 

It´s always quickly done and  I´m sure, you too will love it´s delicious taste. You can also make this recipe beforehand and even freeze the muffins. You just have  to thaw these a couple of hours before serving and mind you, these can also be served warm. Simply heat them for 1 minute in the microwave at 600 watt.  So that it would look more delish, add a teaspoon of blueberry marmalade  and whipped cream  on top of each muffin before serving.

                              Simple Blueberry Muffins

Makes : 12 pieces,

Preparation time: around 30 minutes

Oven temperature: 180°C 

250 All purpose Flour 

100 grams Brown sugar

2 tsps Baking powder

1/2 tsp Baking Soda, Salt

juice of 2 oranges

grated peel of an organic orange or a ready made pack  ( I used Dr. Oetker´s
Finesse - grated orange peel)

1 egg- beaten

6 tbsp Olive oil

Confectioner´s sugar for topping

Ingredients:

Margarine and flour to coat the muffin form

1 1/2 Cups blueberries (washed and dried-up with paper towels)

1 tbsp grated peel of an organic orange ( extract the juice, strained & set aside)

1 1/3 Cups pure Orange Juice ( freshly pressed juice of 2-3 oranges or ready made 

  from Food store)

 sugar to dust muffin top

Preparations:

1. Preheat the oven at 180°C, coat the Muffin form fully with Margarine then with flour. Grate 1/2 tbsp orange peel, then squeeze the juice and set aside for later use.

2. In a container, mix the sugar with baking powder, baking soda, and a dash of salt, set aside.

3. In a second container, mix the beaten egg, olive oil, grated orange peel.Add this mixture to the 1st Container with the dry ingredients.By using a spatula or cooking spoon, mix thoroughly until the dry ingredients are well coated and moistened. Add the juice from the organic orange, mix well. Add the blueberries carefully mixing it with a spoon so that they´re well distributed in the batter.

4. Fill each of the form with 2 - 3 tbsp muffin mixture ( not more than 3/4 the size of your form), place in the middle oven rack and bake for about 30 minutes. Take out the muffin tray from the oven, let stand for 5 minutes.
Take the muffins out of the form and transfer onto a platter , cool completely and  sprinkle   each muffin top with confectioner´s sugar.

Happy Baking!

Mercy´s Simple Cupcakes

We had gusty winds today and we couldn´t bike... so instead, I took the chance to do  some baking after  preparing today´s lunch.. 

I thought of baking my simple recipe for cupcake that has apple chunks & blueberries  mixed in the batter... 

I hope you´d try this recipe. The cupcakes are not only scrumptious looking but they´re very tasty and yummy. 

Mercy´s Simple Cupcakes....

Ingredients:

100g Blueberries1 apple peeled, cored and cut into small chunks

250 g All purpose- Flour

125 g sugar ( or 8 tbsp stevia powder as sugar substitute)

3 tsp Baking powder1 tsp Baking soda1 egg

250 g Buttermilk

75 ml olive oil or any vegetable oil

for the Topping:

250 ml whipping cream1/2 pack gelatine in

 powder form ( about 4-5 g)

4 tbsp sugar ( or 4 tbsp stevia powder instead of sugar)

fresh  strawberries , washed and dried

Preparations:

Preheat the oven at 180 °C.

1. In a small bowl, beat the egg, add the buttermilk, add the oil, mix til well blended, set aside. 

2. In another bowl, mix all the dry ingredients, add the buttermilk mixture and with a wooden spoon, mix all until everyting is moist and well blended. 

Add the blueberries and the apple chunks to the batter and spoon this to the cupcake pan lined with cupcake paper. Fill each lot with 3/4 of the batter.

3. Place the cupcake pan on the lower rack of the oven and bake it for 15-20 minutes... After the baking time, remove from oven and let the cupcakes cool down...

4. Meanwhile,  pour 1/2 of the gelatine pack in a cup with 1 tablespoon cold water , mix and leave for about 5 minutes til the powder is dissolved. 

5. Set your mixer to the highest speed level and whip the cream adding the sugar by & by  til it gets slightly stiff.. 

Heat the gelatine  in the microwave for about 10 seconds,  then add a bit of the whipped cream for the gelatine to blend in. Add this to the cream being whipped ...continue whipping til ready for topping.

Use a pastry bag with bigger hole for the whipped cream to top the cupcake then add the strawberry to decorate the top. Arrange all the pieces on a platter...

Happy Baking!

Wishing you a good start of the week.

Thanks for dropping by to read this blog.

xoxo,

   

Mercy

This post is linked to :

Once Upon a Time in A Bed of Flowers