Cottage cheese is a very tasty and healthy product. It is considered an excellent source of calcium, vitamins and minerals. Therefore, it should periodically appear on our tables. However, not everyone loves it in its purest form, and because of this, many housewives have to constantly invent something to feed them with their relatives. Very often casseroles, dumplings and homemade curd muffins. It is about the latter that will be discussed in today's article.
General recommendations
As a basis for baking such desserts, cottage cheese, rubbed through a fine sieve, is used. It is he who gives the finished product a pleasant creamy taste and a delicate, slightly moist structure. Salt is usually not added to the dough from which a simple curd cake is made. This is due to the fact that it enhances the aroma of the eggs and butter present there, but muffles the aroma of the main ingredient.
The dough for such desserts is kneaded using a very simple technology. First, beat the butter with sugar and add the curd, eggs, baking powder and flour to the resulting homogeneous mass. Bake a curd cake in the microwave, oven or bread machine. The duration of the heat treatment depends on the mass of the product.
Often raisins, chopped dried apricots, chopped nuts, chocolate, pieces of berries or fruits are often added to the dough. The presence of these ingredients gives the dessert a completely new taste and aroma. Those who want to cook a diet muffin can recommend adding low-fat cottage cheese to the dough. Also, to replace the calorie content of the dessert, instead of sugar, its substitute or natural honey is often used.
Option with semolina
What could be better than a morning cup of aromatic coffee and a freshly baked curd cake? The most delicious recipe for this dessert involves the use of inexpensive and affordable products, which are always in any kitchen. Moreover, it is so simple that even a teenager will realize it without any problems. In order to knead the dough, check in advance whether you have at hand:
- 200 grams of fresh cottage cheese.
- A tablespoon of sugar.
- A pair of chicken eggs.
- 2 tablespoons of semolina.
- Salt, baking powder and vanillin.
Process description
In a small deep bowl combine eggs, sugar and salt. All this is whipped with a whisk and mixed with cottage cheese, rubbed through a fine sieve. Semolina and vanillin are poured into the resulting mass. The finished dough is mixed again, trying to achieve maximum uniformity. By consistency, it should resemble a rather thick sour cream.
Lush air mass spread in silicone molds. It is important to ensure that they are filled by no more than a third. Cheese cakes are baked in the microwave in silicone molds with a power of at least 700 watts. After about five minutes they will be completely ready. But do not rush to remove them from the device. Let them stay in the microwave off for a couple more minutes.
Lenten option
According to the recipe described below, very tasty diet curd muffins are obtained. They are baked in the microwave in just a few minutes, so they can be cooked even after a busy day. In order not to delay this process, stock up on all the necessary components in advance. In this situation, you will need:
- A teaspoon of baking powder.
- 200 grams of low fat cottage cheese.
- 4 tablespoons of wheat flour.
- Fresh chicken egg.
- 3 full tablespoons of vegetable oil and sugar or a substitute for it.
- A pinch of vanillin.
- A pair of tablespoons of pasteurized skim milk.
If desired, a little cocoa powder is added to the dough from which the curd cake will be baked in the microwave. Then you get a dessert with a light chocolate flavor.
Sequencing
The technology by which this dessert is made has one interesting feature. The dough is kneaded directly in the baking dish. Therefore, before preparing a curd cake, this container is lubricated with vegetable oil and only then proceed to the next steps. Cottage cheese, beaten through a sieve, beaten egg and sugar is laid out in a mold. All mix gently until smooth. The baking powder, flour, vegetable oil and a tablespoon of cocoa are introduced into the resulting mass. Everything is mixed again and sent to the oven.
A curd cake is prepared in a microwave, operating at a power of 700-800 watts. After about three or four minutes, it is removed from the appliance and served with tea or coffee. If you do not adhere to a strict diet, then the finished dessert can be soaked in honey, jam or glaze.
Oatmeal option
This dessert is interesting in that it does not contain a single gram of wheat flour. Its function in this case is performed by more useful oatmeal. To prepare a curd cake, a step-by-step recipe for which can be found in today's article, you need to go to the store in advance and purchase all the missing ingredients. At your disposal should be:
- 200 grams of fresh cottage cheese.
- A pair of tablespoons of oatmeal.
- A bag of vanillin.
- Raw chicken egg.
- ½ teaspoon of baking powder.
- Sugar (to taste).
- Fresh or frozen seedless cherries.
Technology Description
Before you prepare a curd cake, you need to do oatmeal. They are crushed using a food processor. Cottage cheese is kneaded with a fork and thoroughly ground with sugar, vanilla, baking powder and oatmeal. A pre-beaten egg is added to a practically finished dough. The resulting mass is mixed and cleaned to the side for fifteen or twenty minutes.
When the ground oatmeal is sufficiently swollen, you can proceed to the last stage. Dough is laid out in molds so that they are filled no more than a third of the total. One cherry is placed in the middle of each of them and sent to the oven. A curd cake is prepared in a microwave operating at a power of 850 watts. Literally after four or five minutes, it is removed from the device, sprinkled with powdered sugar and served to the table. This dessert is especially good with tea, milk or cocoa.
Honey option
This dessert is interesting because it contains coconut flakes. Thanks to this ingredient, a very unusual and fragrant curd cake is obtained. The most delicious recipe for this baking involves the use of a specific set of components. Therefore, be sure to ensure that at the right time you have at your fingertips everything you need. In this case, you will need:
- A pair of raw chicken eggs.
- 250 grams of fresh cottage cheese of any fat content.
- A pair of tablespoons of natural not sugared honey.
- ½ teaspoon of baking soda.
- 250 grams of semolina.
- ½ cup coconut.
- A pair of tablespoons full of fresh sour cream.
- 100 grams of sugar.
- A couple of tablespoons of natural lemon juice.
Cooking algorithm
The cottage cheese is rubbed through a sieve or passed through a meat grinder and only after that it is combined with semolina. To the resulting mass add eggs and sour cream. Beat everything thoroughly with a mixer, and then mix it with sugar, soda and lemon juice. As soon as the sweet grains are completely dissolved, coconut flakes are poured into a practically finished dough and liquid honey is poured.
All is intensively mixed with a regular spoon and laid out in a silicone mold. This delicious cottage cheese dessert is baked in the microwave, operating at maximum power. After approximately six minutes, the degree of readiness of the cake is checked with a toothpick and, if necessary, the oven is returned. If everything is in order, then the product is slightly cooled, removed from the mold, cut into portions and served with tea, coffee or another drink.
Bran option
A cupcake prepared using the technology described below is not only tasty, but also incredibly healthy. Instead of traditional wheat flour, it contains two types of bran. Since this recipe involves the use of a not quite standard set of ingredients, try to go to the nearest supermarket in advance and buy everything that is missing in your kitchen cabinets. In order to knead the dough, you will need:
- A pair of tablespoons of wheat bran.
- 100 grams of cottage cheese of any fat content.
- A pair of teaspoons of cocoa.
- Yolks from two chicken eggs.
- 4 tablespoons of sugar.
- A pair of fresh eggs.
- 4 tablespoons of oat bran.
- Baking powder.
In one bowl, wheat and oat bran are combined. Baking powder, eggs and half of the available sugar are added there. All this is mixed until smooth and cleaned to the side.
In a separate container, cottage cheese, rubbed through a fine sieve, is combined, the remaining sugar and egg yolks. All rub well, trying to get rid of the smallest lumps. On the bottom of a special form, lubricated in advance with any refined vegetable oil, lay out a dough made from wheat and oat bran. Place the curd mass on top and gently level it. The form with the future cupcake is sent to the microwave. In just five minutes, the browned dessert is taken out of the oven, slightly cooled and cut into portioned pieces. If desired, it is abundantly sprinkled with powdered milk or powdered sugar. Often, berries, fresh or canned fruits are used to decorate such desserts. They serve such a cupcake with aromatic black tea, strong coffee or freshly made cocoa.