Christmas decorated muffins made with olive oil, Greek yogurt, fresh Mandarin orange juice and a lot of Mandarin zest. Make them together with your little ones. It is so easy and so much fun!!!
Hands on:Â Â Â Â Â 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes
Serves:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 12 muffin cups
Ingredients
For the cake
400 gr (0.88lb/14.1oz) all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
pinch of salt
2 eggs
2 yolks from eggs
60 g (2.10oz) olive oil
350 g (12.3oz) granulated sugar
100 g (3.50oz) mandarin juice
200 g (7.05oz) strained yogurt
zest from 6 mandarins
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the frosting
60 g (2.10oz) butter, room temperature
200 g (7.05oz) cream cheese
250 g (8.80 oz) icing sugar
½ teaspoon green food coloring paste
Toppings
Sprinkles or crushed nuts, or tempered chocolate
How to do it
For the cake
Preheat the oven to 170ο C (340ο F) set to fan.
In a bowl add the flour, baking powder and salt.
Mix everything with a spoon.
Take another bowl and add the eggs, yolks, olive oil, sugar, the mandarin juice, yogurt, zest and vanilla extract.
Mix well with a hand whisk until the sugar melts.
Then add the solid ingredients into the bowl with the wet ones.
Mix again with a spoon.
Add the mixture inside a buttered and floured 30 cm cake pan.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Let it completely cool on a rack before you add the frosting atop.
For the frosting
In a mixer’s bowl add the butter, the cream cheese, the icing sugar, and the food colouring.
Beat with the whisk attachment for 3-4 minutes until all the ingredients are fully incorporated
Add the frosting on top of its muffin and decorate with whatever you like.