Light and fluffy muffins

Prep Time
20
Minutes
Cook Time
20
Minutes
Serves
12
Category: recipes desserts

Ingredients

  • 275g plain flour
  • 225g caster sugar
  • 50g ground almonds
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 tbsp of Limoncello
  • 1 tbsp of Lemon Curd
  • 150ml skimmed milk
  • 100g butter melted
  • 50ml sunflower or vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs separated

Light and fluffy muffins

Lovely and light fluffy muffins

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6

Line a 12-hole muffin tin with large paper cases or use 12 silicon muffin cups.

Melt the butter

Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks

Put the flour, sugar, almonds, baking powder, and bicarbonate of soda in a large mixing bowl and mix well.

Beat together the milk, butter, oil, eggs, Lemon Curd and Limoncello in a jug. 

Pour the liquid mix over the dry ingredients

Mix together until the dry ingredients are just wet.  (Do not over-mix).

Gently fold in the egg whites until combined.

Divide the mixture between the cases - about three-quarters full. 

Bake for 18 minutes.