I whipped these up one afternoon as the kids were arriving home after being away camping. I figured some home baking, or food in general would go down a treat. They were easy and delicious with the tart plums in the centre and wholemeal flour making them even healthier. I couldn’t find the recipe on line so will give it to you here.
To make the muffins I heated the oven to 180˚C. I cut the plums in half, removed the stones and cut each half into 6 wedges, then set aside. I put the soft butter, muscovado
sugar and lemon zest into a mixing bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Then added the beaten egg and mixed this in.
I sifted the 2 flours and baking powder into the bowl, poured in the milk and folded everything together with a plastic spatula. I spooned the mixture into the paper cases, and set 3 plum wedges, skin side up, on top so they were almost vertical. Finally I sprinkled the top with demerara sugar and baked in the heated oven for 25 minutes, you know the drill, “until a wooden cocktail stick inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean.”
I put them on a wire rack to cool and they did get eaten and they were appreciated by the very tired, dirty and hungry crew that turned up from camping 🙂 I used nectarines as well, but personally found the tartness of the plums tasted better. And here’s the link to the recipe book that contains this and all the recipes from this blog FYI https://www.pinterest.com/pin/169940585924720876/?lp=true
