The healthiest cupcake

The confection, called by the short English word "muffin", is a sponge cake with a lot of muffins, having a delicious filling in the form of raisins, nuts, candied fruits, chocolate, jam and so on. Cupcakes are popular in many countries and are a traditional sweet treat for Christmas, New Years and Easter. They are baked either in rectangular forms, or in round ones (with a central through hole, which makes a cupcake in the form of a large ring), or in small tins (for making piece mini-cupcakes). Sprinkle with powdered sugar or icing on the finished muffins.

Recently, on our counters, you can see a rich assortment of domestic and imported muffins. Outwardly, almost all of them are beautiful, have an appetizing crispy surface, from which cute raisins peep here and there. However, some modern cupcakes hide behind the visual appeal of chemicals that can undermine health. But we often buy these pastries for our children! How to find natural and really high quality sweetness?

When choosing cupcakes, be sure to look at the expiration date of the product. It is definitely not worth buying pastries for a child that are ready to live without spoiling for more than two weeks. Too long period (some specimens do not spoil for up to three months!) Is provided only by the presence of preservatives, stabilizers, flavor enhancers and other chemical additives in baked goods, which subsequently accumulate in the body and lead to metabolic disorders. High-quality baked goods are made without the participation of these additives and are based on premium flour, sugar, fat, melange (eggs, yolks) and a little baking powder.

Some manufacturers, in order to save money, replace the premium flour with gray flour of the first grade, add less sugar and melange. To make the scanty dough fluffy, it is supplied with lecithin (in the list of ingredients it is designated "E 322") - the fatty fraction of soybeans with the ability to retain foam. In short, manufacturers can create a curvy shape for cupcakes using "chemistry". Therefore, before buying baked goods, read the ingredients on the label.

Finding a cupcake made from natural ingredients on sale is difficult, but possible. But still the best and healthiest cake is the one that you bake yourself! Only by making this pastry with your own hands, you will be sure of its quality and safety. In addition, making a cake is quite simple, the main thing is the desire to create and the availability of the necessary products.

What you need:

250 ml of strong tea, 2 eggs, 320 g each. granulated sugar and sifted wheat flour, 120 gr. melted butter, 18 ml of sunflower oil, 5 gr. slaked with vinegar soda, 1 pinch of vanilla sugar, cloves and cinnamon, 150 gr. raisins and chopped walnuts.

How to do:

1. Melt 100 grams of sugar in a skillet. Pour the melted sugar into strong tea.

2. Whisk the eggs with the remaining sugar. Add butter, sunflower oil, tea with sugar to the beaten eggs in turn.

3. Constantly stirring the resulting mass, add flour into it in parts until a dough with the consistency of thick sour cream is obtained.

4. Add baking soda, vanilla sugar, cloves and cinnamon. Put the raisins and nuts into the dough last.

5. Brush with butter, then flour the cake pan. Fill it with dough, place in an oven heated to + 170 °. The cupcake will take 40 minutes to cook.

6. Sprinkle the cakes with powdered sugar and cut into pieces.


English cupcake

What you need:

240 gr. sifted flour, 90 gr. rolled oats, 170 gr.sugar (preferably brown), 170 ml of orange juice, 80 ml of olive oil, 2 eggs, 190 gr. dried fruits (raisins, finely chopped dried apricots and prunes), 50 gr. crushed almonds, 5 gr. salt, a teaspoon of orange peel, 2 teaspoons of baking powder.

How to do:

1. Mix flour with dry ingredients: baking powder, salt, sugar, zest, rolled oats, dried fruits and almonds.

2. Mix orange juice with vegetable oil. Add the yolks, beat until smooth. Then add whipped whites separately.

3. Combine flour mixture with orange and egg. Knead the dough.

4. Pour the dough into greased molds. Bake in the oven at + 180 °. Use a dry stick to test if the muffins are done

5. After baking the muffins, either sprinkle with icing sugar or icing.

I wish you health and bon appetit!