Saturday 3 December 2011

Blueberry and cinnamon muffins



Ingredients
1 egg
85 ml sunflower oil
125 ml milk
½ tsp vanilla essence
5 oz self-raising flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3 oz caster sugar
2 oz blueberries

For the icing
75g mascarpone
Icing sugar

To decorate
Blueberries
2 tbsp golden caster sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Method
  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.  Place 6 muffin cases in deep-hole muffin tins.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, add the egg, oil, milk and vanilla essence and beat well.
  3. Sift in the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and sugar, and use a large metal spoon to fold the ingredients together.
  4. Fold in the blueberries.
  5. Carefully spoon the mixture into the muffin cases and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. 
  6. To make the icing, place the mascarpone in a mixing bowl and sift in the icing sugar, mixing until you get a smooth, thick paste. 
  7. In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
  8. Once the cakes are completely cool, cover with a swirl of icing, then sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar and decorate with a few blueberries.

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