Quick Snacks

Mini Apple and Cinnamon muffins are great for an afternoon tea party! Kids love them too, and it’s a great way of getting them to eat more fruit!

Dry Ingredients

• 1 cup SR flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• pinch salt
• 1 small green apple, peeled cored and finely diced

Wet Ingredients

• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 3 tblsp virgin olive oil

Topping

• 1/2 small green apple, thinly sliced
• Cinnamon dusting sugar

Notes

• After placing the mix into the cup cake maker, top each muffin with half a slice of apple and dust with the dusting sugar.
• These need to cook for around 15 minutes, much longer than usual because of the fruit.
• I clean my cupcake maker between every batch of these.   The mixture is very runny and sticks more than other mixes.
• These are my husbands favorite.. I find myself cooking them on a regular basis!

These are super moist and make a wonderful quick dessert.   Try them with creme fraiche or yogurt cream!  I reduce or omit the sugar if I’m going to serve them with the yogurt cream and I’m using tinned cherries as these add enough sweetness on their own.

Dry Ingredients

• 75g caster sugar
• 100g plain flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 50g ground almonds (almond meal)
• 125g chopped cherries (fresh or tinned, drained)

Wet Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 90g greek yogurt
• 60g oil

Method

Grease your cupcake maker and turn it on.

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.

Blend the wet ingredients together in a blender.

Fold the wet and dry ingredients together, until just mixed.

Make according to the instructions on your cupcake maker, around 7 – 10 minutes.

Dry Ingredients

• 1 cup of SR flour
• 1/3 cup of caster sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Wet Ingredients

• 30g melted butter or oil
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup macadamias

Dry Ingredients

• 1 cup SR flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 cup cocoa powder
• pinch salt

Wet Ingredients

• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 60g of butter, melted or oil

These are a great way to get spinach into your kids!

Wet Ingredients

• 2 heaped tablespoons of tinned corn kernels.
• 1/2 cup buttermilk / milk/ yoghurt
• 1/4 cup virgin olive oil
• 1 egg

defrost the spinach portions in the microwave before adding to the blender.

Dry Ingredients

• 1 cup SR flour
• 2 heaped tablespoons of corn kernels (add to both wet and dry ingredients.)
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tblsp caster sugar
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese

No hummingbirds were killed in the preparation of this cake.

Killer good taste though.

Wet Ingredients

• 1 banana
• 110g crushed pineapple (undrained)
• small handful of walnuts
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla

Dry Ingredients

• 150g SR flour
• 1/2 tsp bicarb soda
• 1/2 tsp mixed spice
• 90g brown sugar

(Mix well before adding wet ingredients.)

Icing

• 80g cream cheese
• 30g margarine spread (I use olive oil spread)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 200g icing sugar

Decorate

Decorate with coconut and/or more walnuts

These are a great way to get spinach into your kids!

Wet Ingredients

• 2 frozen spinach portions
• 1/2 cup buttermilk / milk/ yoghurt
• 1/4 cup virgin olive oil
• 1 egg

defrost the spinach portions in the microwave before adding to the blender.

Dry Ingredients

• 1 cup SR flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tblsp caster sugar
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese

These quick banana muffins are a treat for kids and adults alike.  You can top them with cream cheese or sour cream icing to make them something very special.

See the General Method for instructions on the best use of this recipe.

Wet Ingredients

• 1 ripe banana
• 60g olive oil
• 1 large egg

Dry Ingredients

• 115g SR flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 75g caster sugar
• pinch salt
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon