Month: June 2014

Blueberry lemon zest muffins

Combining two of my favourite fruits into one cupcake is like a treat from heaven. This muffin is my family’s favourite and its usually gone in an instant. Ingredients 100ml of grape seed oil 125g plain self-raising flour 100g wholemeal self-raising flour 80g brown sugar 3 large eggs (at room temperature) Zest 2 lemons 100g of blueberries 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence 4 tablespoons of non-fat yoghurt or greek yoghurt (about 200g) Directions Preparation time: 15- 20 min Baking time: 15-20 min (or when the muffins turn brown) Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Prepare a 12 case muffin pan Mix the flour, sugar and lemon zest together in a large mixing bowl. Use your fingers to ensure that there are no lumps of flour or sugar in the mixture. Beat the eggs into the yogurt Tip the mixture of yoghurt into the dry ingredients with the oil and vanilla essence. Mix together with a spoon until lump-free Add in the blueberries and fold it into the mixture Divide the mixture between the cases Bake for 30min …

Coffee cake

I love the smell of coffee in the morning. Living in Australia for the past four years has made me grown to love coffee – although I am trying my best not to get addicted to it. The first time I made this cake was using instant coffee without any coffee essence added. I couldn’t get the flavour of the coffee into the cake. So I experimented it again, this time, I went out to the cafe and got two espresso shots, hoping that the coffee taste would be stronger. However, it was not fragrant enough. In the end, my friend suggested to use coffee essence and the cake turned out to be perfect. Saves me money buying expensive coffee for the cake too! I made this cake so many times that I have different variations of it. If you prefer a lighter version, use two eggs instead of three. Buttermilk (150ml) can also be used as a substitute for the yoghurt. Hope that you’ll enjoy the cake as much as I did! Ingredients 120g …