To be honest, baking them was a disaster. I've never baked two sorts of muffins at the same time. But they turned out pretty yummy, I liked both - vanilla cinnamon and chocolate orange. The muffin batter of the white ones was totally different from the chocolate batter. The white muffins were amazingly fluffy and soft while the dark ones were moist and heavy. So here comes the first recipe...
Vanilla Cinnamon Muffins
2 tsp baking powder
2 tabsp cinnamon, or more if desired
a pinch of ground cardamom
200gm butter or margarine
1 c homemade vanilla sugar
2 eggs
a pinch of salt
1/4 cup whipping cream
Preheat oven to 175degC. Beat the eggs with salt until bubbly and light. Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Sieve together flour, baking powder and spices. Combine beaten eggs, butter mixture and beat well. Beat in whipping cream and flour mixture. The batter should be golden and creamy. Fill into 6 big muffin cups. Bake for about 20 minutes until done.
Optional: Dust with powdered sugar.
Chocolate Orange Muffins
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup olive oil
2 eggs
1 c white sugar
2/4 c orange juice
3 tabsp cocoa powder
Preheat oven to 175degC. Sieve together flour, baking powder, cocoa and sugar. Beat eggs until bubbly and light. Beat in orange juice and oil. Combine everything, beat until incorporated. Fill into 8 big muffin cups. Bake for about 20 minutes until done.
Optional: Dust with powdered sugar as well.
Gulchathaii
