My sister was on holiday recently in Adelaide and told me about these beautiful muffins she had in a cafe there...raspberry with cream cheese in the middle. "They were beautiful" she exclaimed when recounting highlights of her holiday.
I'm a cream cheese lover, (especially spread on bagels with jam).. so after some research on the internet came up with this version of the recipe.
The basic muffin mix is from Stephanie Alexander's Book The Cook's Companion.
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Raspberry Muffins With Cream Cheese Filling
Muffin Mixture
220g self raising flour, 1/2 cup castor sugar, 3/4 cup milk or buttermilk, 1 egg, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 3/4 cup fresh or frozen raspberries.
Cream Cheese Filling
Approx 3-4 tablespoons cream cheese, 1/2 tsp lemon zest grated with a microplane or fine grater,
castor sugar to taste (until the cream cheese is sweet enough to your liking), approx 1 tablespoon of raspberries crushed.
Preheat oven to 180 degrees and place patty pans in muffin tin.
Mix sifted flour and castor sugar. Combine milk, egg and oil in a separate bowl and whisk lightly. Make a well in the centre of dry ingredients, pour in liquid and raspberries and mix lightly.
In a small bowl place softened cream cheese, lemon zest, crushed raspberries, castor sugar and mix together.
Spoon batter into patty pans until two thirds full, place a teaspoon of cream cheese mixture on top then top with another tablespoon of mixture.
I wanted to make big muffins so filled the mixture up to the top of the muffin patty pan and got eight muffins. I also used frozen raspberries.
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Catherine x
6 comments:
Catherine you have the luckiest family! These look and sound scrumptious! I'm waiting for your cookbook!
Mel x
Ooh fabulous! Cream cheese big in our house too! Xx
The photo is beautiful.
I'm not into cream cheese, or jam, or muffins. However, I appreciate your efforts. Still drooling over the asparagus and pea tart....:))
I am inspired! Watch me bake these as a sweet treat this week. Kate :)
delicious! i'd just add a few chocolate chips. yum! (also, had the watermelon cake, but now i'm going to make a real cake for my daughter's birthday!)
These look fantastic! I love anything with berries in them! Thanks for sharing!
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