Monday, 23 June 2014

Cream Cheese Blueberry Muffins




I bake when I'm in the mood. Baking is therapeutic as it make me really happy.This is my first post and I want to share with you guys my favourite Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins which my family love it a lot. My colleagues  love it too as  it is not very sweet. I incorporate wholemeal flour into cake flour to make it into a healthier version.



(Makes 9 large muffins)

Ingredients :
Unsalted Butter (Room temp)-100g
Sugar- 70g light muscovado or brown sugar and 70g caster sugar
Eggs (Room temp) - 2
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Flour- 100g cake flour and 100g wholemeal flour
Baking powder (Double Action)- 2 tsp
Milk - 120ml
Cream Cheese - 100g (Cut into small cube)
Fresh Blueberry - 140g
* Blueberry Topping (Optional)

Methods:
  • Preheat oven to 190 degrees (Non convection).
  • Scoop up 1 tablespoon of measured flour and lightly coat the blueberry. (This is to prevent the blueberry from sinking into the bottom of muffin.)
  • Sieve remaining flour, baking powder and salt together.
  • Crack eggs into bowl and whisk it lightly. Leave it aside.
  • Cream butter and sugar together. Adding sugar in 3 stages to fully incorporates them.
  • Add eggs slowly in 3-4 stages into the batter. (If you add too much eggs into the batter, chances of the batter to become curdled is high. You can also add 1 tablespoon of flour mixture slowly to stabilize the curdle mixture.)
  • Adding flour mixture and milk into the batter. (Flour-->Milk-->Flour-->Milk....) 
  • Fold till there is no visible flour in the batter and stop. (Do not over fold as this would result in tough muffin.)
  • Add cream cheese and blueberry into batter and fold the batter lightly to combine everything.
  • Scoop batter into muffin cup till 70-80% full.
  • Lightly drop the muffin cups twice onto countertop to break any air bubbles that is trap in the muffin cup.
  • Decorate with some blueberry on top.
  • Bake it at 170 degrees for 25 mins. (This is my oven temperature- Non convection)
  • Use a skewer to check if there is any batter left clinging onto it. If there is no batter, place the muffins onto a cooling rack to cool.
  • Eat while it is warm (Enjoy!!)



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