Banana Muffins : มัฟฟินกล้วยหอม

These banana muffins are a wonderful combination of krispy, fluffy, sweet, nutty and aromatically. They are easy to bake even for a real beginner. But please use an overripe banana dueto a special delightful aromatic.

Ingredients :

170g overripe banana
1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
150g all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 pinch baking soda
30g pistachios, baked, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 egg
60g butter
110g granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
40g sour cream

Instructions :

Mash banana with lemon juice and vanilla, set aside. Preheat the oven to 200°C.

Mix together flour, baking powder and baking soda, 2 times sifting and add pistachios, mix well and set aside.

Mix sugar and salt together. Then whisk the butter by using an electic hand whisk untill smooth. Gradually add in sugar mixing and further whisk until the butter is creamy and fluffy. Add egg to the butter mixture and whisk about 1 minute or until well combined.

Add in banana mixture and stir well. Stir in the flour mixture in 3 stages, alternating with sour cream. Mix them just until incorporated.

Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan for about 3/4 full and sprinkle some chopped pistachios on the top. Place the muffin pan in the middle of oven and bake for about 25 minutes or until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean. Remove the muffin pan from the oven and rest in the pan about 5 minutes before remove from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool.

I forgot to count how often I already baked these muffins. I love how wonderful the house smell after baking them and the way it tastes. Everyone around me loves banana muffins :-)

Blueberry muffins : บลูเบอรี่มัฟฟิน

I baked this muffins because I found fresh blueberries in the supermarket yesterday. It cost only 1.29 Euro for 250g. Pretty cheap for this kind of berry. Actually, I want to take a break with baking cake or something like this because of my overweight. But I had to change my mind when I saw these fresh blueberry :-(

Ingredients :

• 120g cake flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 100g butter
• 90g Sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 vanilla pod or 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 30 ml. milk
• 80g blueberry

Instructions :

Mix together flour, baking powder and salt, sifting and set aside. Grease the muffin pan lightly with butter and preheat the oven to 190 °C.

Whisk the butter by using an electic hand whisk untill smooth. Gradually add in sugar mixing and further whisk until the butter is creamy and fluffy. Add egg to the butter mixture and whisk until well combined.

Divide the flour into 3 equal parts and give 1 part to the blueberry bowl, carfully mix the flour and blueberry with your hand. Then stir the flour alternatively with milk in the butter mixture just until incorporated. Add in blueberry and mix with the spatula.

Spoon the batter intothe prepared muffin pan for about 3/4 full and place in the middle of the oven. Bake for about 25 minutes or until and inserted wooden pick comes out clean.

Take the baked muffins out of the oven and rest in the pan about 5 minutes before remove from the pan. Place on a wire rack to cool completely before serving.

Apple in love : รักน้องเปิ้ล

I have many recipes of apple cake and I find all of them are great. Anyway, I used to bake this one most frequently. I love the moist and fluffy of the cake, the taste that not too sweet and also the wonderful aroma of apple, cinnamon and rum. If you like apple cake, you shouldn't miss to try this recipe.

Ingredients :

• 200g apples (peeled, cored and coarsely chopped)
  
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
  
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  
• 2-3 drops rum-aroma
  
• 100g butter
  
• 90g sugar (A)
  
• 2 egg yolks
  
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  
• 110g cake flour
  
• 1 tsp. baking powder
  
• 60 ml milk
• 2 egg whites
  
• 1 pinch salt
  
• 20g sugar (B)

Instructions :

• Combine apples, lemon juice, ground cinnamon and rum-aroma together, set aside. Then mix together the cake flour and baking powder, two times sifting and set aside. Grease the muffin pan lightly with butter. Preheat the oven to 160°C.
  
• Whisk the butter by using an electric hand whisk until smooth, then gradually add in sugar(A) and whisk until the butter is creamy and fluffy. Add egg yolks all at once and vanilla extract to the creamy butter and whisk until incorporated.
  
• Divide the flour into 4 equal parts and divide milk into 3 equal parts. Then stir the flour alternatively with milk in the butter mixture just until incorporated, stop stirring.
  
• In another mixing bowl, beat the egg whites with salt until foamy. Gradually add in sugar and whisk with high speed until stiff peaks form. Gently fold in the foamy egg whites into the mixture. Finally, stir in apples.
  
• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan. Lay an apple piece which cut in heart shape on the top. Place the muffin pan in the middle of oven and bake for approximately 30 minutes. Take it out from the oven and rest in the pan about 5 minutes before remove from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool.