Festive Season Berry Muffins
These Festive Season Berry Muffins are crammed with Christmas cheer and perfect served with coffee or as a dessert.
INGREDIENTS
750 ml cake flour
200 ml castor sugar
20 ml baking powder
6 ml bicarbonate of soda
500 g mixed berries, frozen or fresh
Grated rind of 1 lemon
420 ml buttermilk or plain yoghurt
80 ml sunflower oil
80 ml butter, melted
3 eggs
250 ml icing sugar, sifted + 30ml watered food colouring
Silver balls for decoration
METHOD
- Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda together. Add the berries and grated lemon rind. Mix through.
- Beat the buttermilk, eggs, oil and butter together until mixed and gradually add to the dry ingredients until a moist dough. Do not over mix, dough can still be lumpy.
- Spoon into the hollows of a 12 hole muffin pan lined with paper muffin cups. Bake in a preheated oven at 190°C for 20 – 25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted.
- Allow to rest in pan for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
- For Icing: Mix icing sugar, water and a few drops of colouring together to make a smooth paste. Spread on the cooled muffins.
- Decorate with silver balls.
- Arrange on a serving plate and cover with GLAD Wrap until served.
Source: GLAD
