Thursday 3 May 2012

rhubarb muffins

today I am introducing rhubarb muffins.


take the recipe for rhubarb and orange cake, realise you don't have ground almonds, and use some more flour instead.
I cooked the rhubarb a bit first as I didn't think the shorter cooking time for buns would cook the rhubarb properly, dollop the cake mix into bun cases, add a blob of rhubarb, cook for 15 mins, and then add the almond sugary topping, and cooked for a further ten minutes at the lower temperature.


they are Very good.
unfortunately the ones that looked the best got eaten first, without having a photo shoot, so only the sad slightly squished ones (they are very gooey!) were left.
but don't despair, pop on over to Flossie Teacakes, where there is a delightful pattern for a pinflower cake topper, make yourself one or two, and stick them in your cakes.
even squashed cakes look delightful with a pinflower in them!

18 comments:

  1. Squashed cakes taste goo too. Ax

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  2. Yum - they sound delicious!

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  3. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...can I come to tea? JOan

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  4. V. elegant bun papers too! A well dressed muffin indeed.

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  5. Oooooh yummy - the cakes and the pinwheels look divine!

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  6. They look delicious - I love your cake topper too - they look like colours which would be more acceptable to male cake eaters than mine were too (although that's not necessarily a good thing - it could be quite handy to have cake toppers that worked as an eating deterrent to others in the house, leaving more for the baker to eat!).

    x

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  7. Oooh, rhubarb, muffins and fabric pinwheel flowers. What could be better?

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  8. Ooh, they look as good as they sound.

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  9. Yummy, I can't wait for my rhubarb to be ready now :)

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  10. I thought I recognised that pinwheel from somewhere.

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  11. Mmmmm these muffins sound delicious, and the one here looks yummy, especially with the delightful pinwheel added! Such a good idea, and thank you for the link!
    Helen x

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  12. Rhubarab and almonds and sugar and pinwheels and even the sun is coming out now - it's beginning to feel like a bank holiday, hurrah!

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  13. that look delicious and the pinwheel on top is an inspired idea - perfect for celebration days x

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  14. There's gonna be rhubarb in my fruit & veg box on Monday and I can't wait!

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  15. Mmmm! Squishy, gooey muffins sound divine, and I don't normally like Rhubarb! I could eat the pinwheel, too, it's so pretty! xCathy

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    1. my family who don't like rhubarb eat the muffins very happily, I don't tell them and they don't notice! x

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  16. Ooo those sound and look delicious, I love rhubarb, my mum used to make rhubarb and orange jelly, that is orange jelly with bits of stewed rhubarb in it, delicious and not to taxing for a terrible cook like me. - Annie

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  17. Rhubarb is a favourite & who doesn't like muffins? I'm adding these to my list-of-things-to-make...

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