While these quick, “all in one bowl”, muffins look somewhat plain, they are loaded with healthy and tasty ingredients, such as banana, dried fruits, pumpkin seeds and spelt flour, – all that is needed to make them a perfect guilt-free snack. Continue reading
Category: cupcakes
Apple, Honey, Almond and Rosemary Muffins
The Jewish New Year is celebrated today, and this brings back memories of traditional foods, even to an agnostic such as me. One of the culinary traditions for this event, is to dip a slice of apple in honey, and eat it as a symbol for a sweet New Year. Plenty other sweet dishes are added to the table as well, in order to emphasize this hope for a sweet New Year. The muffins I have created here were inspired by this tradition. Continue reading
Farmer Cheese and Raspberry Muffins
Carrot, Walnuts, Coconut and Raisins Muffins
Cranberry, Orange, Almond and Banana Breakfast Muffins
Poppy Seeds Lemon Muffins
Poppy seeds and lemon is a classic combination. The acidity in the lemon balances the fatty and crunchy poppy seeds beautifully. Continue reading
Vanilla-Chocolate Marble Cupcakes
Marble cakes are the best solution for those who prefer to enjoy two flavors instead of one. Using the same principle in cupcakes creates an even more pronounced contrast between the batters. The addition of mini chocolate chips to the chocolate batter, as I’ve done here, adds another layer of flavor. Continue reading
A SWEET NEW YEAR TO ALL!
Here is a selection of a few of this year’s desserts. Happy New Year to All!
Sponge Cake with Rum-Maple butter cream
Aromatic Pineapple-Cherry Cake
Fragrant Lime and Dried Apricots Cupcakes with Lime Icing
Apple-Cranberry Cupcakes with Cranberry Icing
My weakness for apple cakes knows no end. I also love cranberries in all their forms; so obviously, it was time to combine the two in one tasty cake.
The experiment ended up with these moist, sweet with a hint of sour cupcakes. A pinkish cranberry icing on top felt like a good thing and indeed added the perfect finishing touch. Continue reading
Fragrant Lime and Dried Apricots Cupcakes with Lime Icing
Banana-Carrot-Apple muffins
Writing recipes for a health/diet oriented magazine, requires experimenting with transforming “regular” recipes to ones that will be friendlier to the readers’ requests. It’s not so easy, especially when it comes to cakes and desserts. The results are not always edible, to put it mildly, and it requires quite a few trials in order to come up with a texture that’s moist and flavorful, yet not rubbery or heavy due to using whole wheat flour and less fat and sugar. Continue reading