Lime Muffins with Strawberry Cream Cheese Glaze



Lime Muffins with Strawberry Cream Cheese Glaze


These muffins have a lovely light lime flavour, and topped with the strawberry cream cheese glaze they are a real treat.  These would be a beautiful served with brunch, or for a special breakfast with fresh fruit. 

Lime Muffins

1/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
juice of 1 large lime

2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
zest of 1 large lime

Preheat oven to 375°.  Spray muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray.  Makes 12 muffins.
Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add egg, mix well.  Add sour cream, milk and lime juice and mix well.  Set aside.
Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and zest.  Stir and add to moist ingredients.  Stir together  until just mixed.
Spoon evenly into prepared muffin tins. Bake @ 375° for approx 18 min.  Remove from tins, cool completely and lightly frost with Strawberry Cream Cheese Glaze.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Glaze
1/4 block of light cream cheese
1 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup icing sugar
1/2 tbsp whipping cream
1 tbsp strawberry coulis

Cream together cream cheese and butter until smooth and free of lumps.  Add icing sugar and continue to mix.  Add whipping cream and coulis. Mix until well blended and smooth.
Lightly frost cooled muffins.

Amazing Disappearing Muffins



Amazing Disappearing Muffins

 I love to bake, and one of my favorite things to bake is muffins.  I like adapting and changing muffin recipes into something different.  These muffins are full of healthy fruit, with just a little white chocolate to sweeten them up.  These muffins have a beautiful citrus aroma and the contrast of the red strawberries against the bright orange of the muffin is so pretty. Both of my kids loved them. I was pondering over what to call these delicious muffins, but when the dozen I had baked lasted less than a day, they kind of named themselves.

Amazing Disappearing Muffins
2 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
zest of one orange (some people like the whole orange peel- I am not one of them. I am careful to avoid grating the pith- the white part- it's bitter)

1 egg
1/4 c milk
1/4 c vegetable oil
1 cup mashed mango (I used frozen mango)
juice of one orange

1 cup strawberries diced
1/3 cup white chocolate coarsely chopped

Preheat the oven to 375°. Spray 12 muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray.

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and orange zest in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre.

In a separate bowl, beat egg. Add milk, oil, mango, and orange juice. Mix well. Add to flour mixture. Mix until just combined.

Fold in strawberries and white chocolate.
Distribute evenly in muffin tins.
Bake for 20-25min
Allow muffins to cool completely before removing from tins.  Watch how fast they disappear!