Coffee Cake Muffins

National Bake Week and National Coffee Cake Day is tomorrow...so yeah, I made these too.

Taken from here and slightly modified

Ingredients:

• Muffin
• 6 TBSP applesauce
• 2 TBSP butter, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• Filling
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup almonds, sliced
• 1 TBSP cinnamon
• Topping (I cut this in half because I made larger muffins)
• 1 TBSP milk
• 3/4 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

1) Preheat the oven to 350F/176C
2) Line the muffin tin with cupcake liners.
3) Mix the applesauce, butter, sugar and eggs.







4) Add the vanilla.
5) Add the flour, baking soda and baking powder and mix well.
6) Place batter in the bottom of the liners.






7) Make the filling by mixing all the ingredients listed.
8) Add the filling on top of the batter.
9) Add more batter till the liners are full to the point you want them.
10) Finish off with more of the 'filling'.
11) Bake for 12-15 minutes.
12) Let cool.



13)  Make the topping by mixing all the ingredients listed together.
14) Drizzle over the muffins.

Lemon, Coconut and, Blueberries Cupcakes

 National Bake Week! and it's Easter soon and I got cute cupcake wrappers and things to stick in the cupcakes.

Take from here

Ingredients:

• Cupcakes
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 cup vanilla yoghurt
• 3 TBSP lemon juice and zest
• 1 1/2 cup cake flour
• 1 cup - 2 TBSP all purpose flour + 2 TBSP corn starch
• 1/2 cup sweetened coconut
• 1 TBSP baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup of blueberries
• Frosting
• 1/2 cup butter, room temp
• 1/2 cup cream cheese, room temp
• 2 tsp grated lemon peel
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

1) Preheat the oven to 350F/176C.

2) Line muffin tins with cupcakes liners.

3) Mix eggs and sugar in a large bowl.

 

4) Add olive oil, yoghurt, lemon juice and zest and mix.

5) Add in cake flour, coconut, baking powder and salt and mix.

 

6) Add blueberries and mix.

 

7) Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full.

8) Bake for 20 minutes.

9) Let cool before icing.

 

10) Mix butter, cream cheese, grated peel and vanilla.

 

11) Add in powdered sugar and mix.

12) Spread over the cupcake.

Two Cheese Salad with Croutons

From: 101 Veggie Recipies

Ingredients:

• 2 thick slices white bread, crusts removed
• 1 tsp paprika
• 2 TBSP olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 large cos or romaine lettuce
• 2 ripe avocados
• 2 TBSP lemon juice
• 1 large courgette, cut into sticks
• 140 g/1oz feta, crumbled into chunks
• 25 g/ 1 oz finely grated Parmesan
• 6 TBSP olive oil dressing

Directions:

1) Preheat the oven to 220C/Gas 7/200C fan.
2) Cut the bread into 2 cm/ 3/4 in cubes.
3) Toss with the paprika, olive oil and garlic.








4) Spread out on a baking sheet.
5) Bake for 7-8 minutes, until crisp.
6) Tear the lettuce into large pieces.







7) Peel and slice the avocados and toss with lemon juice and freshly ground black-pepper.
8) Mix the lettuce, courgette, feta, croutons with the avocados mixture.
9) Add the Parmesan and olive oil dressing.