The other day I had an afternoon to myself and a sudden urge to bake. Now the weather has started to turn I feel more like baking up a storm; warm kitchen and the smell of freshly cooked cake…that has to be an Autumn Highlight!
Inspired by some apples going soft in the fruit bowl, I whipped up a batch of Apple Muffins (although I decided to make one large cake, which worked just as well) using a recipe I found online.
- 225g of plain flour
- 3 tbsp of baking powder (I think this is meant to be 3tsp, as you can see, my cake sunk from rising too fast!)
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp of ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp of ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp of ground ginger
- 100g of caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 150ml of milk
- 3 tbsp of sunflower oil
- 40g of unsalted butter
- 170g of Granny Smith apple, peeled and diced (I used gala apples)
- 70g of golden sultanas
- 3 tbsp of light brown sugar
1.
To make this apple muffin recipe, start by preheating the oven to 190˚C/Gas mark 5 and place 12 muffin cases in a muffin tray; or in my case, grease and line a cake tin. I also made three regular sized muffins for snacking, too!
2.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and sugar.
3.
Peel, core and dice the apples. In a separate bowl, beat the egg and stir in the milk. Add the oil, melted butter and stir in the diced apple.
4.
Add the wet mixture into the dry and combine well. Stir through the golden sultanas.
5.
Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases (tin) and sprinkle the tops with brown sugar
6.
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until lightly brown. The apple muffins should spring back when pressed. Allow to cool slightly before eating; I found my large cake was perfectly cooked in the 20 minutes and the muffins only took 15. I think this will vary depending on your oven though, I know for a fact mine runs hot.
Do you have a favourite Autumn recipe, or a tried and tested apple cake recipe? Feel free to share it in the comments section!
(This cake was GOOD, but I think there were flaws in the recipe such as the quantity of the baking powder, I should have followed instinct and added less).
(This cake was GOOD, but I think there were flaws in the recipe such as the quantity of the baking powder, I should have followed instinct and added less).
This sounds so yummy and autumnal! Definitely going to try it xoxo
Can’t beat anything with apples for Autumn cooking! Have a lovely weekend:)
~Anne
That looks and sounds yummy x
Never made muffins, I can’t stand choccy ones, maybe I should give this one a go 🙂 x
oh my god! That looks so good! If I wasn’t feeling super lazy today I think I’d make them…
Apple flavored anything is my favorite!
xo
Kara
http://www.thebostonista.com
Oh wow, these look so good! I’ll definitely have to try out the recipe soon, thank you for sharing 🙂
I hope you’re having a lovely weekend 🙂 xxx
Being the yank that I am, I adore pumpkin muffins and pumpkin bread! I have a tin of pumpkin ready and waiting for a batch of chocolate chip pumpkin muffins; yum yum!
This autumn weather has really made me want to cook. I have been making soup, rhubarb crumble and scones with the girls over the weekend. I usually just use a basic muffin recipe and add some chopped fruit including peaches,pear, apple or rhubarb and perhaps a bit of ginger or cinnamon.