Help on making fluffy carrot muffins

misskool · 17 June 2007 at 10:56PM

Hello all,

Got a recipe from someone for carrot muffins and they appear to have turned out cake-like rather than fluffy muffins (like supermarket style)

Anyone has any ideas on how to fix it or any recipes that will help me out?

55g self-raising flour
55g caster sugar
55g unsalted butter
1 egg
3 small carrots
pinch of cinnamon
1 orange zest

Mix everything up and spoon into muffin tray. Bake in preheated oven at 220C for 10-15 minutes.

But mine doesn't rise a lot

Thanks all.

Pink. · 17 June 2007 at 11:13PM

Hi misskool,

I've never made carrot muffins before but when I first started making muffins I found that they were cakey until I read that you should mix all the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients separately before quickly mixing them together at the last minute before baking. Since then my muffins taste like muffins!

Pink

Pink. · 17 June 2007 at 11:31PM

Just had a quick look and the replies on these older threads might help:

Muffins...help!

i cant bake muffins to save my life

Pink

thriftlady_2 · 18 June 2007 at 7:22AM

Muffins have a lot more liquid in than your recipe and even with self-raising flour I think you need some baking powder

The fat quantity seems wrong too -I think you've got a recipe for little carrot cakes rather than muffins as you have discovered. Try this.

Carrot muffins

Sift together in a bowl
10 oz plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarb
½ tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon

In another bowl beat
1 egg
add
2-3 fl oz milk
2 tbsp honey
4 oz brown sugar
12 oz grated carrot
3 fl oz melted butter or oil
Mix well

Add wet bowl to dry bowl and stir to just combine the ingredients but no more.
Spoon into greased muffin tin.
Bake at 200 for 25 mins.

Options
Add nuts or sunflower seeds if liked.
Replace the egg with 3-4 tbsp of milk

bargainbird · 11 October 2008 at 3:53PM

Hi all,

I've got an excess of carrots and fancy making carrot muffin.

Don't want anything fancy with fancy icing etc. Just your bog standard tasty muffin.

Any ideas ?

Thanks

debtmuncher · 11 October 2008 at 4:10PM

http://www.raisingkids.co.uk/bttt_2006/teatime_10.asp

i dont have a recipe for muffins but i have made noras (jamie oliver school dinners) carrot cake so you might want to look at that.....its absolutely delicious.

Pink. · 11 October 2008 at 4:17PM

Hi bargainbird,

There's an earlier thread with a lovely recipe that may help so I've added your post to it to keep the recipes together.

You'll find more recipes on this thread: Muffins muffins muffins

Pink

floyd · 11 October 2008 at 4:23PM

thriftlady wrote: »

Muffins have a lot more liquid in than your recipe and even with self-raising flour I think you need some baking powder The fat quantity seems wrong too -I think you've got a recipe for little carrot cakes rather than muffins as you have discovered. Try this.

Carrot muffins

Sift together in a bowl
10 oz plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarb
½ tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon

In another bowl beat
1 egg
add
2-3 fl oz milk
2 tbsp honey
4 oz brown sugar
12 oz grated carrot
3 fl oz melted butter or oil
Mix well

Add wet bowl to dry bowl and stir to just combine the ingredients but no more.
Spoon into greased muffin tin.
Bake at 200 for 25 mins.

Options
Add nuts or sunflower seeds if liked.
Replace the egg with 3-4 tbsp of milk

This is a great recipe, I use Susan Reimer's muffin book for all of mine now and they are always perfect

Raspberry_Swirl · 11 October 2008 at 4:26PM

I find using vegetable oil rather than butter makes them much moister and fluffier.

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