Decorated Muffin
Make basic plain muffins topped with colorful cream and candies.
Ingredients
unsalted butter (softened)
80 g
caster sugar
80 g
eggs (beaten)
1
cake flour (part of dry mix A, sifted)
140 g
baking powder (part of dry mix A, sifted)
1 tsp
milk
1 tbsp
heavy cream (divided into 3 portions, whipped)
180 ml
fine sugar (to add to heavy cream)
1 tbsp
water-soluble food coloring (for tinting)
a pinch
confectionery matcha powder (for tinting)
a pinch
silver dragées, candied cloves, acacia flowers, etc. (for decoration)
to taste
Instructions
1
Cream the butter
Place the butter in a bowl, and beat with an electric mixer on high speed until it forms a smooth, creamy consistency.
2
Add the caster sugar
Add the caster sugar to the mixture from step 1, and continue mixing until the mixture turns pale white.
3
Add the eggs
Beat the eggs, then add them to the mixture from step 2 in 3 to 4 portions, mixing thoroughly with an electric mixer after each addition.
4
Add half of the dry mix
Add half of dry mix A to the mixture from step 3, and stir with a rubber spatula until only a few small lumps remain.
5
Add the milk
Add the milk to the mixture from step 4, and stir with a rubber spatula until fully combined.
6
Add the remaining dry mix
Add the remaining half of dry mix A to the mixture from step 5, and stir with a rubber spatula until no lumps remain.
7
Bake
Scoop the dough from step 6 evenly into prepared muffin molds, smoothing the tops. Place the molds in an oven preheated to 180°C and bake for approximately 20 minutes.
8
Make the colored cream
Divide the heavy cream into 3 equal portions, placing each in a separate bowl. Add 1 tsp of fine sugar to each bowl, then add water-soluble food coloring to one bowl and matcha powder to another. Set each bowl over an ice water bath, and whip with a whisk until the cream is about 80% whipped.
9
Decorate
Remove the baked cake from the mold, and place it on a cake cooling rack to cool completely. Transfer the cream from step 8 into a piping bag fitted with a metal tip, pipe your desired patterns on the surface of the muffin. Top with silver dragées and other decorative candies as desired.
