Baking in small quantities

boo81

This may have been tackled before but I cant seem to get anything in a search!:o

I want to make some cakes and muffins but in batches of 4-6, I know reducing recipes doesnt always work and cakes are normally in ridiculous quanitites of about 20!! :mad:

Does anyone have any tips for this or know a recipe. I would be interested in a plain muffin recipe that I can add choclate chips to especially. Thanks!:D

taplady

why not just make more and then freeze them? most cakes freeze really well and you would be saving time and money spent on heating the oven.;)

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Hi boo,

If you are having difficulty finding recipes for 4-6 why not look for recipes for 10-12 and freeze half.

This is the recipe that I use for chocolate chip muffins. It makes 10 and they freeze well.

Chocolate Chip muffins

2 cups plain flour
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup of chocolate chips

1 egg
1/4 cup of sunflower oil
1 cup of milk

-Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
-Mix the dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately. Add the wet ingredients to the dry mix and quickly spoon into muffin cases.
-Cook in the middle of the oven rather than lower down as they rise better.
-Makes 10 well risen muffins.

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boo81

actually ive just never thought about freezing cakes, my boyfriend would be very pleased if I did though. I bought a muffin tin months ago and it needs to be put to use!

Ive got some frozen blueberries, would I have to thaw them before use or change the recipe at all, or can I just substitute the chocolate for the blueberries?

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boo81 wrote: »

Ive got some frozen blueberries, would I have to thaw them before use or change the recipe at all, or can I just substitute the chocolate for the blueberries?

Yes, just substitute the chocolate for the blueberries. When I'm baking with frozen blueberries I just throw them in straight from the freezer....if you let them defrost they go mushy and the juice seeps out of them.

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boo81

Oh good, that saves me remembering to defrost them then!

I wish I knew how they made them in new orleans, they were the best ive ever tried and had this lovely crumbly topping on them