Muffins - Choco chip vs Green Tea

It's time to start heating up my oven with some simple bakes!

Green Tea Muffin with Red Beans

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to come

It has been a long time since I bake! Partially due to laziness during preggy! However, since dd requested me to make some cookies (later post) I decided to let my oven work a little more with this Green Tea Muffins with Red Beans (1st attempt)

Didn't know that the content is so moist, however, the output is fine as the heat as absorped the moisture during baking. I had placed some Red Beans in the muffin as fillings & I also add the balance Red Beans on top to have a little decoration to the muffins.

Long time no see: Green Tea Muffin!!

Just browse through previous batches of Green Tea Muffin I have made.. Somehow, this batch seems to be more brown than Green! Probably 'cos I have used a different Green Tea Powder compare to previous ones. Anyway, taste as good! Hope they will be well received tmr in my office!

Banana Muffin (1st attempt)

All the previous Banana Muffin is mady by my helper, this is the 1st time I made this flavour as speacial request from dear hubby to bring to his office.

I am so proud that this is the 'almost' perfect muffin I have made so far.

Look at the shape!

Easy Eggless Lemon Cupcakes

It has been quit a success making Easy Chocolate Muffin using this recipe, hence, for a change, I do away with the Cocoa powder and replace it with Lemon Essence, and this is what I got! These cakes are actually made for my vegetarian colleagues!

Easy Lemon Cupcakes (modification from recipe contributed by Puspha in Nurkochen forum)
Ingredients:

• 1½ +1/4cups top flour
• ¾ cup granulated brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1 cup milk (run out of fresh milk, used 3scoop son's milk powder with 1 cup water)
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1 tsp lemon essence (can in crease to 1tbsp)
• A little cranberries, for topping

Method:

1. Sift together flour, sugar, soda and salt.
2. Make a well in the centre. Pour the melted butter, milk, lemon essence (any essence/extract will do) and vinegar into the well.
3. Stir until all ingredients are moist.
4. Spoon the batter into muffin cups.
5. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top.
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 180° C for 20 minutes.

Chocolate Muffin without Egg Vs With Egg

Easy Chocolate Muffins

Made these in 2 batches using same recipe, but, different cocoa powder & different vinegar! You will notice the difference in the colour, they are both wonderful, yet, easy to make. I only used 45mins in total from starting to measure the ingredients till the muffins are ready to be eaten!

This is the 1st batch made using Hershey's cocoa powder and Apple Cidar Vinegar!


This is the 2nd batch, using 'Red Man' Cocoa Powder with White Vinegar!

Mixed Berries Yoghurt Muffins

I must be crazy today! Made 3 types of bread, mini donuts and now: muffins!

While browsing Happy Hombaker's blog, MIL asked if the muffins were made by me? I said no, somehow, I can make some too, very easy. Hence, here's what I got! Get into baking again..

Using balance of plain yoghurt from making mini donuts, add half cup Mixed Berries Yoghurt, add some lemon juice....

Presenting my creation of Mixed Berries Yoghurt Muffins.

I am too eagle to try this creation, so, peel open before it's cooled. The crust is crispy, taste yummy, with a little sour, fruity, sweetness is just right.
Ingredients (makes 12 medium size muffins):

• 200gm Top Flour
• 2tsp baking powder
• 4tsp lemon juice
• 50gm plain yoghurt
• 100gm mixed berries yoghurt
• 100gm brown sugar
• 100gm butter
• 2 eggs

How I do it:

1. Melt butter and sugar in double boiler, stir with hand whisk till well blend. Cool slightly.
2. Add yoghurt, lemon juice, eggs into the butter mixture, stir till combine.
3. Add sifted flour and baking powder and fold lightly.
4. Spoon into muffins tray lay with muffin cups till 2/3 full. Bake at 180deg C for 25mins or until the skewer comes out clean.
5. Cool on wire rack.

Quick GreenTea Muffins

I have promised a girl in my client's office that I will make some muffins on my last day at their office. However, I have cleaned forget about it until I woke up this morning. Hence, I made this in rush of less than 1hour (including baking time).

The recipe is supposed to yield 12 mufifns, however, I want more fully filled muffins, so, I spooned the mixture into only 10 muffin cups.

These muffins called for more greentea powder and hence the taste of greentea is much stronger than the previous batch. I have obmitted the chocolate this time as dear hubby commented that the chocolate chips will cover the taste of greentea.

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients (I used 10mins to gather these)

• 2 cups AP flour
• 3/4 cup white sugar (original recipe called for 1 cup)
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2tsp greentea powder (I used 'Red Man' bakable greentea)
• 1/2 cup milk (I used slim milk)
• 1 stick butter (wonder how much is 1 stick, so used 100gm that is called for in another muffin recipe)
• 2 eggs (not stated size, so used 1 big, 1 medium)

Method:
1. Sift together flour, soda, greentea and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, beat the butter until light, add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
3. Fold in dry ingredients in 3 portions alternating with milk until just incorporated (do not overmixed) - I used 10mins to do this.
4. Spoon bater into lined muffin try and bake at 175degC for 25 to 30mins.

Green Tea Vs Chocolate Chocolate chips Muffin

Made this to welcome back my dear hubby from overseas after 3 wks! I took me only 30mins to put the tray into the oven before I go off to fetch the man!


However, after I got home to cut the muffin, I noticed that they are undercooked, hence, pop them into the oven for another 5mins.

Ingredients (makes 12 muffin):

113gm unsalted butter

200gm cake flour

2tsp baking powder

2tsp bakable green tea powder

3tsp cocoa powder

1/2 cup milk

2 eggs

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

How I do it:

1. Cream butter using electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, add sugar gradually till fluffy, add eggs, one at a time till well mix

2. Shift flour and baking powder, mix into the butter mixture in 3 parts alternating with milk and vanilla essence using the electric mixer at low speed.

3. Split the batter into 2 bowls. Add greentea powder into one bowl and cocoa powder into the other, follow by chocolate chips.

4. Spoon the batter into the muffin tray laid with muffin cup and bake at 180degC for 25mins.

Greentea/Chocolate Chip cupcakes vs Lemon Yoghurt Cupcake

Woke up at 7am to make these cupcakes & donuts as I have to send my girl to enrichment class at 10am.

My sil asked me to make Brownie for my nephew's birthday in addition to the Birthday cake from Angies the Choice. I was very reluctant to make the brownie as I have just made one few days back. So I decided to make Greentea and Chocolate cupcakes. However, my mom is not keen in anything to do with greentea, so I have to make another cupcakes flavour. As I browse through the internet for a recipe, I came across this Lemon Yoghurt cupcake. This settles for the additional cake for the party.

I used buttercream frosting for the toppings, added some cocoa powder for the greentea cupcakes while the Lemon Yoghurt ones are left just with original frosting (should have added some lemon juice/extract to enhance the flavour of lemon in the cupcake)

I like the colours of these freshly baked greentea cupcakes!

I left this in the oven for about 20mins, and after leaving it in the rack to cool down, I tried one, then thought it could be undercooked, hence, they are popped into the oven for another 5mins. The frosting and decorations are made after I got back home at about 11.30am.

As this is my first attempt using the 'Red Man' greentea bakable powder, I have no idea how it will taste like until I reach my bro's house. It is very refreshing and the cake is not very sweet, this is make up by the frosting which calls for 3cup of confectionery's sugar.

My girl helped me to sprinkle the colourful beads on the frosting. I like the sourness & lemony taste in this version of cupcakes.