13 recipes for delicious muffins and cupcakes
Educational Program Food / / December 31, 2020
1. Cupcakes with curd cream
Nastya Maryina
Lifehacker's manager.
I really love this recipe for cupcakes. They are aromatic, delicate and airy, melting in the mouth. And curd cream perfectly complements the biscuit. You can add spices to your liking, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and orange peel. This will give the baked goods a Christmas flavor.
Ingredients
For cupcakes:
- 120 g butter;
- 130 g sugar;
- vanilla sugar to taste;
- 3 eggs;
- 200 g flour;
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1¼ teaspoon salt
- 60 ml of milk.
For cream and decoration:
- 200 g of curd cheese;
- 20 g cream, 33% fat;
- 20 g icing sugar;
- any berries to taste.
Preparation
All cupcake ingredients should be at room temperature.
Using a mixer, beat the butter with sugar and vanilla sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating for a few minutes after each addition.
Separately combine flour, baking powder and salt. While whisking, add half of the flour mixture to the egg. Then add milk and remaining flour. Do not knead the dough for a long time, otherwise the butter will start to melt.
Nastya MaryinaThis dough can be used to make chocolate cupcakes. To do this, mix 3 tablespoons of cocoa and 1 tablespoon of water in a bowl until a mushy mass is obtained and add it to the dough. In one batch, it is easy to make two types of cupcakes at once - vanilla and chocolate.
Fill the baking tins with the dough just above the middle. Place in an oven preheated to 170 ° C for 20-25 minutes. Leave the cupcakes there for another 5 minutes before removing them from the molds.
Nastya MaryinaYou can add any filling to ready-made cupcakes: cream, melted chocolate with cream, or caramel. To do this, remove the core from the cupcake on top using a knife or a cream attachment and pour in the filling. I have two favorites: chocolate ganache and salty homemade caramel. Then cupcakes turn out like mini-cakes, and it is convenient to serve them in portions to guests.
Use a mixer to beat the curd cheese, cream and powdered sugar until stable peaks. Place the cream in a pastry bag and apply to the cooled cupcakes. Decorate them with berries.
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2. Chocolate Cherry Cupcake
Masha Nikolaeva
HR Director of Lifehacker.
I really love cherries and chocolate, and also quick recipes. This cake turns out to be really chocolate, but its sweetness is successfully set off by sour berries.
Ingredients
- 1-1½ cups of sugar (glass volume - 250 ml);
- 2 eggs;
- 80 g butter;
- 1-1½ cups of flour (glass volume - 250 ml);
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
- 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder;
- 300 g frozen pitted cherries;
- 1 bar of dark chocolate (90-100 g);
- 1 tablespoon of cognac.
Preparation
Add eggs to sugar one by one, beating until smooth. Melt the butter, pour into the egg mass and stir. Add flour, sifted with baking soda and cocoa, and knead the dough.
Drain the juice from the thawed cherries. Chocolate melt in the microwave or water bath. Add the berries, chocolate and brandy to the dough in turn, carefully mixing the ingredients.
Place the dough in a baking dish. Place in an oven preheated to 190 ° C for 30-40 minutes.
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3. Cottage cheese muffins with orange zest
Zhenya Sevastyanova
Lifehacker's manager.
The curd muffins are my favorites. They are prepared very simply and quickly, they turn out delicious: tender, soft - it is impossible to stop until you have eaten everything. This is their huge disadvantage, of course. 🙃
Ingredients
- 1 orange;
- 10 g baking powder;
- a pinch of salt;
- a pinch of baking soda;
- 200 g curd;
- 3 eggs;
- 2 glasses of sugar (200 ml);
- vanilla sugar to taste;
- 100 g butter;
- 150 ml of milk;
- 3 cups flour (200 ml).
Preparation
Grate the orange zest with a fine grater. Place all of the ingredients except the flour in a bowl. Beat with a mixer until smooth. Then add flour in parts, kneading the dough thoroughly.
Divide dough into muffin tins. Place in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for about 30 minutes.
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4. Red cupcakes with butter cream
Iya Zorina
The author of Lifehacker.
Super pretty muffins in deep red with a creamy, sweet top. The dough is very tender, with a vanilla and cocoa aroma.
Ingredients
For cupcakes:
- 120 ml of milk;
- 1 teaspoon vinegar 9%;
- 55 g butter;
- 150 g sugar;
- 1 egg;
- vanilla sugar to taste;
- 10 g cocoa;
- ½ teaspoon of salt;
- 2 tablespoons dry or liquid red dye
- 150 g flour;
- 5 g baking powder.
For the cream:
- 200 g cream cheese;
- 50 g butter;
- vanilla sugar to taste;
- 100 g icing sugar.
Preparation
All ingredients should be at room temperature.
Pour the vinegar into the milk and set aside while you prepare the rest. Beat the butter and sugar well with a mixer. Add egg and vanilla sugar and mix thoroughly.
Add cocoa and salt to the mass. Add color and mix until smooth. Pour in milk and add flour, sifted with baking powder, and beat the dough thoroughly again.
Fill the muffin tins about two-thirds full with the dough. Cook in oven at 180 ° C for about 25 minutes. Cool the finished cupcakes.
Combine cream cheese, butter and vanilla sugar. Pour in the powder and stir the cream again. Decorate baked goods with it and chill in the refrigerator.
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5. Citrus syrup cake
Lena Gritsun
Lifehacker's Proofreader.
I like this recipe because it is simple and quick. In a word, basic. I am not a fan of long standing at the stove, although I really like to cook. Therefore, "Napoleon" with its million cakes or gingerbread houses a week long is not in my repertoire.
I liked the sequence of actions: take, mix, throw the filler - and into the oven. And it's cool to vary the cake itself: if it's a gloomy autumn outside, then you can add zest to the dough. And if it's Friday - then rum with raisins. 😊
Ingredients
- 6 eggs;
- 330 g sugar;
- a pinch of salt;
- 360 g flour;
- 18 g baking powder;
- 265 g butter;
- 1 lemon;
- 170 ml of water;
- 1 lime;
- 2 tablespoons of liqueur.
Preparation
Add 240 g sugar and salt to the eggs and beat with a mixer for about 5 minutes. Add flour, sifted together with baking powder, and beat until smooth.
Add melted butter to the dough. Toss in the lemon zest, grated on a fine grater. Line the bottom and sides of the mold with parchment and place the thick dough there. Bake for 40-50 minutes at 145 ° C.
Meanwhile, pour the water into a saucepan and add the remaining sugar. Add lemon and lime juice and liqueur. Stir and place over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the sand dissolves. Strain the syrup.
Remove the cake from the pan and soak it well with the syrup. You can simply pour over baked goods or pour the syrup into a large container and dip the cake from all sides. Cool dessert before serving.
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6. Nut cupcakes with maple syrup and butter cream
Iya Zorina
You have to do a little magic with mixing products, but the result is worth it. The muffins are very nutty, sweet and tender, with a distinct cinnamon aroma and a hint of maple syrup. And all this under a delicate creamy top.
Ingredients
For cupcakes:
- 80 g flour;
- 3 g cornstarch;
- ½ tablespoon baking powder;
- a pinch of salt;
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- a pinch of ground nutmeg;
- 112 g butter;
- 175 g sugar;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- vanilla sugar to taste;
- 150 ml of milk;
- 30 g of walnuts.
For cream and decoration:
- 65 g butter;
- 90 g cream cheese;
- 80 g icing sugar;
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- a pinch of salt;
- a handful of walnuts.
Preparation
The ingredients for the dough should be at room temperature.
Combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Sift the mixture several times.
Use a mixer to beat the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly. Add maple syrup and vanilla sugar and stir.
Add flour mixture to egg in three rounds, alternating with two servings of milk. Introduce chopped nuts.
Fill the forms about three quarters full of dough. Bake for 25-30 minutes at 180 ° C. Cool the finished cupcakes.
For the cream, beat the butter and cream cheese with a mixer for 5 minutes. Reduce mixer speed and gradually add powder. Add maple syrup and salt and beat for 2-3 minutes.
Decorate the cupcakes with cream using a pastry bag. Sprinkle them with chopped nuts on top.
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7. Cupcake with dried fruits and almonds
Lida Suyagina
The author of Lifehacker.
I have been baking this cupcake for every New Year for six years, if not more. Preparing it is elementary, the most difficult thing is to wait until the prescribed holding time expires. It is better to hide the cake away for these three or four weeks, otherwise it will be completely unbearable - it smells so bad that it blows away.
Ingredients
- 500 g dried fruits (pineapple, melon, cherry and cranberry);
- 250 ml of brandy;
- 200 g butter;
- 200 g sugar;
- 4 eggs;
- 2 tablespoons of muscovado sugar
- 250 g + 2 tablespoons of flour;
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- a pinch of cinnamon;
- a few clove buds;
- vegetable oil - for lubrication;
- bread crumbs - for sprinkling;
- 100 g of peeled almonds.
Preparation
Slice the pineapple and melon to the size of the berries. Put all the dried fruits in a jar, pour in the cognac, cover and leave for 1-2 weeks. Shake the container periodically to ensure an even impregnation.
All dough products should be at room temperature. Beat the butter and sugar well with a mixer. Beat the eggs one at a time.
Add muscovado and 125 g baking powder and stir. Mix another 125 g of flour with cinnamon and crushed clove buds. Pour into the dough and mix again with a mixer.
Dip dried fruits without liquid in the remaining flour. Stir them into the dough.
Lubricate the split mold with oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Place the dough there and garnish with almonds. Place in an oven preheated to 160 ° C for about an hour and a half.
Wrap the cooled cake in plastic wrap and put it in a cool place. Ideally, for a month, but you can leave it for two weeks.
Lida SuyaginaWhile the cake is standing, you can soak it a couple of times with cognac or rum.
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8. Chocolate-nut cupcakes with two-tone condensed milk cream
Iya Zorina
The most delicious thing here is dough. Even cream is not required if you're on a diet (or don't want your muffins looking cool and eating in the first 15 minutes after baking). Delicate nutty taste and splashes of chocolate - that's where the buzz is.
Ingredients
For cupcakes:
- 80 g butter;
- 300 g sugar;
- a pinch of salt;
- 3 eggs;
- 70 ml of vegetable oil;
- 140 ml of milk;
- 370 g flour;
- 20 g baking powder;
- vanillin - to taste;
- 100 g dark chocolate;
- 100 g of walnuts.
For the cream:
- 200 g butter;
- 200 g condensed milk;
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa.
Preparation
All ingredients should be at room temperature.
Use a mixer to beat the butter, sugar and salt. Whisk eggs, vegetable oil and milk separately. Add the egg mass to the creamy one in three rounds, stirring thoroughly each time.
Combine flour, baking powder and vanillin. Chop the chocolate and nuts with a blender. Pour the flour mixture into the butter mixture and mix well. Add chocolate and nuts in the process.
Fill the molds two-thirds full with dough. Place in an oven preheated to 190 ° C for about 25 minutes.
Beat the butter for the cream with a mixer until it is fluffy. Add condensed milk and beat again. Divide the cream into two parts and add cocoa to one of them.
Place the cream in two different plastic bags and cut off the ends. Place them in one large piping bag with a nozzle. Garnish the cooled cupcakes with two-tone cream.
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9. Cornmeal muffins
Natasha Kopylova
The author of Lifehacker.
This is a simple super quick recipe, and it's all about corn flour. The resulting muffins are unusual in texture with a very tasty crust.
Ingredients
- 130 g butter;
- 130 g sugar;
- 3 eggs;
- a pinch of salt;
- 150 g corn flour;
- a pinch of baking soda;
- vegetable oil - for lubrication.
Preparation
Grind the softened butter and sugar. Add eggs and salt and beat well. Sift flour along with baking soda, add to egg mass and stir.
Grease the molds with butter and spread the dough over them, not reaching the edges. Bake at 190 ° C for about 30 minutes.
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10. Dried Cranberry Cupcakes
Iya Zorina
Low-fat sour cream dough and lots of sweet and sour cranberries. The recipe is remembered at once. Well, maybe two.
Ingredients
- 1 egg;
- 1 egg yolk;
- 75 g sugar;
- 100 g sour cream;
- 125 g flour + for sprinkling;
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 100 g dried cranberries;
- butter - for lubrication;
- powdered sugar - for decoration.
Preparation
Mix the egg, yolk and sugar with a mixer. Add sour cream and whisk. Introduce flour sifted with baking powder. Stir in the cranberries into the finished dough.
Grease the muffin tins with butter and flour. Spread the dough over them until about halfway or slightly higher.
Bake muffins at 200 ° C for about 20 minutes. Grease the finished baked goods and sprinkle with powder.
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11. Banana muffins with sour cream
Zhenya Sevastyanova
I love banana muffins for their ease of preparation and incredible taste: a sweet dough with a touch of exotic banana. I also like that they are well saturated with fruit, the dough turns out to be "wet". This, of course, is not for everybody. But I just love that.
Ingredients
- 3 bananas;
- 2 eggs;
- ½ glass of sour cream (200 ml);
- ⅓ a glass of honey (200 ml);
- 1 teaspoon vanillin
- 1 teaspoon baking soda or baking powder
- 1½ cups flour (200 ml volume).
Preparation
Mash the bananas into mashed potatoes. Add eggs, sour cream, honey, vanillin and baking soda or baking powder and mix thoroughly. Add flour gradually, stirring well.
Divide the prepared dough into the tins. Bake the muffins at 180 ° C for about 20 minutes.
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12. Cupcakes with caramel and butter cream
Iya Zorina
Aesthetic pleasure of pure water, delicate cream and caramel heart.
Ingredients
For caramel:
- 150 g cream, 33% fat;
- 150 g sugar;
- 25 g butter;
- ¼ teaspoon of salt.
For cupcakes:
- 70 g butter;
- 90 g sugar;
- a pinch of salt;
- 2 eggs;
- 130 g flour;
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 50 ml of milk.
For the cream:
- 300 g cream cheese;
- 100-120 g icing sugar;
- 100 g cream, 33% fat.
Preparation
Boil the cream. Pour sugar into an empty saucepan and put on low heat. When the bottom layer melts, start stirring the sand until it is completely dissolved.
Remove from heat, add oil and stir. Pour in the cream, add salt and mix well again. Return to stove and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3-5 minutes. Cool the finished caramel.
The ingredients for the cupcakes should be at room temperature. Beat the butter, sugar and salt with a mixer to a white fluffy mass. While whisking, enter one at a time eggs.
Sift flour with baking powder. Pour half of the flour mixture into the egg mixture and stir until smooth. Then pour in the milk, whisk, add the remaining flour and stir again. Combine the dough with 2 tablespoons of caramel.
Fill the molds with dough to about half or less. Bake at 180 ° C for about 20 minutes. Cool prepared cupcakes.
Beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar with a mixer. Pour in the cream and beat until thick. Refrigerate for 30-40 minutes. Then add 2 tablespoons of caramel to the cream.
Cut out the middle of the cupcakes and fill them with caramel. Decorate baked goods with cream and caramel.
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13. Cheesecakes with tomatoes
Nina Buyanova
Lifehacker's SMM specialist.
There are many ingredients, but the recipe itself is very simple. I found it in a cookbook, then simplified it, and it's now a hit. Ideal for breakfast on weekends.
Ingredients
- 175 g flour;
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ground black pepper - to taste;
- 275 ml of milk;
- 1 egg;
- 100 g of cottage cheese;
- 75 g butter;
- 50 g of hard cheese + for sprinkling;
- ½ teaspoon of Dijon mustard;
- a few cherry tomatoes;
- a handful of peeled sunflower seeds.
Preparation
Combine flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. Add milk, egg, cottage cheese, melted butter, grated cheese and mustard. Mix thoroughly.
Divide the dough into the muffin tins. Dip a tomato into each of them. Sprinkle with grated cheese and seeds. Bake for about 40 minutes at 200 ° C.
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