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Easy Lemon Muffins

Easy Lemon Muffins

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For the Muffins:
  • 100 ml sunflower oil
  • 75 g melted butter
  • 150 ml whole milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 300 g self-raising flour
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 3 lemons zested
  • 1 lime zested
  • 1 tsp lemon extract
  • 50 g pearl sugar
For the Filling and Glaze:
  • 200 g lemon curd
  • 100 g icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp water

Method
 

  1. Step 1: Preheat your oven to 200°C (392°F) and line a muffin tin with paper liners.
  2. Step 2: In a mixing bowl, add your zested lemon, lime and sugar. Use your fingertips to rub the ingredients together to release their natural citrus oils.
  3. Step 3: Add the sunflower oil, melted butter, whole milk, lemon extract and egg. Mix until smooth.
  4. Step 4: Add the self-raising flour and mix until just combined. Don't overmix!
  5. Step 5: Space out your muffin cases in the pan, don't overcrowd. This allows them to rise properly.
  6. Step 6: Fill the muffin cups about 2/3 full with the batter.
  7. Step 7: Top with pearl sugar, then swirl into the top of the muffin.
  8. Step 8: Add more pearl sugar, focusing on the middle. As the cake rises, the sugar will move outwards.
  9. Step 9: Change oven temperature to 180°C (350°F) and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  10. Step 10: Remove from oven and let cool in the tin for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
  11. Step 11: After cooling for 20 minutes, fill a piping bag with lemon curd. Pierce a small hole into the top of each muffin and fill with lemon curd.
  12. Step 12: For the glaze, combine icing sugar and water until you have a thick paste.
  13. Step 13: Fill a piping bag with icing and pipe a circle on top of the lemon curd.