ORANGE MUFFINS

[marmee]

Really?  Wow - we have lemons growing out back, but our chidlren aren't keen on a strong lemony- taste.  Might give them a whirl, though....

[bimbykitchenadventures]

Thanks Trudy,

I just gave these a whirl, and they are scrumptious! I used 3/4 cup sugar instead of 1 cup and added 100g of some small chopped pieces of Lindt Intense Orange chocolate and they are divine! I will be sharing this one for sure!

Liz

[cookie1]

These sound tasty, especially with the Lindt Orange Intense. I find that that particular flavour chocolate really adds something to things you use it in. Thanks for the suggestion.

[CreamPuff63]

When I convert a recipe I do it in grams as I think that it is a universal TM measurement.
The only thing our overseas friends have to think about is the spoon measures that are different between Aus and Eur.

[maddy]

Oh YUM Trudy!
Made these this afternoon and everyone loved them



Recipe made 24 regular muffins.
I just went with 120g choc chips only..... will definitely be trying them with the orange lindt next time  (one of my faves!), fabulous suggestion  Liz 

[trudy]

Great photo Maddie.  Glad that you liked them!!

[Thermomixer]

Nice work indeed.  jaffa cakes.  yum 

[nix]

Made these last night and I loved them. I didn't put in the sultanas, nuts or choc chips and they still worked. 

Only problem I found was that 1 1/2 cups of flour by my measurement didn't weight anything near 330gm so I split the difference - still worked fine.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

In one of my old cookbooks there is a conversion table.  It states that 1 cup of flour = 125g. 

[maddy]

I give up on cup measurements 
I have two sets of measuring cups......1 cup also stated 240ml, yet the other set I have said 160ml, both are 1 cup measures.
I have ended up purchasing a U.S. set of measuring cups and spoons (there is a difference), as a lot of my recipes books are American.
Now I'm writing my own conversion list for equivalents in grams.

[ruth]

Jude Blereau's latest book says you should weigh the flour for delicate cakes, as it varies with brand and season. She says white spelt is 130g for 1 cup, plus or minus 10g. That fits in with experience but depends how I pack it so I am giving up on cups too. 

I think I used 330 grams when I made these last week and they were a hit with mothers group, although a mum found an orange pip apparently so lucky that didn't go to one of the very young ones.

[CreamPuff63]

although a mum found an orange pip apparently

just goes to prove it was the genuine article  not enough of these found in cakes nowadays 

[cathy79]

Good call CreamPuff63!  I hadn't thought of it like that.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Yes a very good call CP63. 

[ruth]

yes totally! the mum was quite impressed with the pip!  And I wouldn't worry about my bub, he is used to eating bits off my kitchen floor and knows what to spit out