The aroma of fresh pastries, prepared independently according to grandmother's recipes, causes appetite in any of us. However, not every housewife will be able to achieve such an airy and friable dough, as described in the recipes. It's no secret that the main rule of any baking is the correct ratio of all ingredients and the time allotted for cooking. The most simple recipes for fresh pastries are usually fruit cake. You can easily knead it on sour cream, on kefir, milk or yogurt with a low percentage of fat content. Mistresses usually bake muffins in special tins with the addition of various fruits, such as currants, cranberries, apples and cherries.
Sour Cream Cake Recipe
In order to prepare simple muffins on sour cream, you will need:
- 75 g margarine;
- 250 g of granulated sugar;
- 2-3 eggs;
- 20 g sour cream;
- 300 g flour;
- spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg and more;
- fruits for filling;
- icing sugar to decorate the finished dish.
At the very beginning of the work should knead the dough. To do this, beat eggs thoroughly, gradually adding granulated sugar and add melted margarine and sour cream to the resulting mass. Mix the ingredients again and beat the mass with a mixer. It is important to remember that whipping sugar and eggs is necessary before the appearance of air mass.
Gradually add dried fruits to the resulting mass. In this case, cherry and currant are used. Before preparing the dough, the fruit must first be washed and dried. Then add them to the dough and mix the resulting mass.
Grease all the molds well with oil, so that the cupcakes do not stick to the edges, and fill the dough. The oven must be heated to 170 degrees and get ready-made pastries after 25 minutes. Serve the dish after it has completely cooled down. As a decoration on top of the cupcakes, you can grate black chocolate or sprinkle them with coconut.
Pastries with fruit and jam
As a variety during cooking, you can use jam as a filling for muffins.
To prepare such a recipe, you will need:
- 250 g of premium flour;
- 150 g of melted butter;
- 200 g of sugar or its substitute;
- 2 fresh eggs;
- fruits for filling;
- jam;
- cinnamon and cocoa to taste.
Rinse the fruit thoroughly under cold water and set aside on a towel. Then, in a bowl, beat the eggs with sugar using a mixer. Stir the resulting mass gradually, add flour and melted butter. Sometimes you can immediately knead sugar with butter, and only then add flour and eggs. In order to make chocolate muffins, cocoa is added to the dough. Fruits are cut last, jam is added, and the mixture is thoroughly mixed again.
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and place paper on a baking sheet. Then grease the molds with oil and fill with dough. Bake for 15-25 minutes until the fruit muffins in silicone molds are browned. Serve with milk or juice.
Fruit Muffins
With the improvement of technology, a crock-pot has come to the aid of the hostesses, which cooks not only the first and second courses, but also copes with pastries.
In order to prepare a fruit cake, you will need:
- 100 g of oil;
- 300 g of apples;
- 150 g of granulated sugar;
- 150 g sifted flour;
- 2 chicken eggs.
Apples should be cut into small slices and laid on the bottom of the multicooker. Then beat eggs with sugar and butter. Stir the mass gradually, add the sifted flour and pour the dough on top of the apples. Bake should be in the "Baking" mode.
Cupcake with cranberries and nuts
Such a fruit cake, the recipe of which is quite simple and does not require special skills, has an unusual tart taste and aroma.
In the process of preparation, it is necessary to prepare the following products:
- 2 eggs;
- 40 ml of milk;
- A handful of peeled nuts;
- 100 g cranberries;
- 80 g of butter;
- 120 g of granulated sugar;
- 130 g of flour.
In a separate bowl, thoroughly mix the sugar with melted butter and pour the beaten eggs. Then flour is added and the mixture is mixed again. Cut nuts into small slices and pour them into the dough together with cranberries.
Bake a cupcake with fruits and nuts is necessary at a temperature of 170 degrees for 15-25 minutes. Before serving the dish, it is decorated with icing sugar or grated chocolate.
Cooking features
Before cooking such baked goods as muffins, any housewife should be familiar with the features of the dough. In order to make it tender and crumbly, it is recommended to use sifted flour of the highest grades.
Fruits should be washed and dried on a paper towel. For an aesthetic appearance, fruits are usually cut into small slices, cutting out all the marks and taking out the bones.
Often, the dish is served as a dessert and decorated with icing sugar, grated chocolate or condensed milk. A cupcake with fruits always has a unique aroma from other pastries.