At first glance, muffins and muffins are almost identical products. The differences are almost imperceptible and the taste is sometimes similar. But muffins are different from cupcakes. In order to understand how muffins differ from cupcakes, you need to study the history of their appearance and familiarize yourself with the recipe for cooking.
How muffins differ from cupcakes
At first glance, there is no difference between muffins and muffins. They have a similar shape and a very simple cooking method. But if you better understand, you will notice a huge difference between one confection and another. In order to see this difference, you need to study the method of preparing these confectionery products. Different ingredients are used for muffins and muffins.
The same muffin and cupcake will have different weights.. They contain less sugar, but more eggs and milk. At the same time, thanks to the gentle kneading technology, the finished products have a more delicate and porous structure.
It is important to note that this is one of the main differences between muffin and cupcake.
Both muffin and cupcake are good choices to surprise guests. The preparation of these treats is easy and does not require any special culinary knowledge. This delicious dessert will appeal to both children. and adults.
How to make cupcakes
Cupcakes gained their fame in Russia at the end of the 18th century. Previously, this confection was in the shape of a pie. But gradually the muffins began to take on their familiar look. Now they can be round, rectangular or ring-shaped.
Traditionally. In ancient times, they were the main decoration of weddings.
is also one of the prototypes of this product. The recipe is very similar to a standard muffin.
For making muffins. All of these ingredients are mixed with a mixer. You can add the most to muffins: raisins, dried apricots, chocolate chips. Cupcakes are often sprinkled with powdered sugar on top, decorated with icing or cream.
Product data. So, a raisin muffin will contain 381 calories, 6 g of protein, 17 g of fat and 53 g of carbohydrates per 100 grams of product. But there are recipes for lower-calorie versions of these desserts. For example, a pineapple muffin contains only 193 calories.
A standard cake recipe includes the following foods:
- Eggs (3 pieces);
- Margarine or butter (100 grams);
- Flour (1 glass);
- Baking powder (1 teaspoon);
- Sugar (0.5-0.7 cups to taste).
Step-by-step method of making a cupcake:
- Mix sugar with eggs;
- Add softened margarine;
- Add flour and baking powder;
- Mix all ingredients with a mixer;
- If desired, you can add raisins (or other filling to taste) and mix again;
- Put the dough into molds;
- Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
How to make muffins
Muffins appeared in England. It was originally traditional food for servants and was not perceived as anything special. Later, muffins were only made in Britain. There they were shaped like a regular cake.
In Europe, muffins also had some distribution. In France, these products were made in bulk tin forms according to the standard English recipe.
In Russia, muffins appeared quite recently and began to be widely sold in fast food chains.
Unlike muffins, this dessert. Cupcakes were made in both large and small sizes. The muffins were small., based on wheat or corn flour. In the classic technology, these products are baked at very high temperatures, so the crust on them often cracks. Muffins can be filled with various berries and fruits, nuts and chocolate. From above they are decorated with powdered sugar, butter or protein cream, glaze.
The muffin dough is kneaded in a different way. mixing dry ingredients such as flour, sugar, salt, etc.
- this is a combination of the rest, the so-called "wet" ingredients - eggs, milk, etc. The third stage is mixing all the previous components together.
do not use a mixer to knead the dough, as the muffins will be hard.
There are English and American types of muffins. The former are made from yeast dough, and the latter are made from baking powder or soda.
It is believed that muffin is one of the lowest calorie desserts. Especially if it contains a fruit filling. For example, an orange muffin will have 210 calories.
The classic muffin recipe looks quite simple.
Ingredients for making muffin:
- flour (2 cups);
- sugar (1/2 cup);
- milk (3/4 cup);
- egg (1);
- vegetable oil (1/3 cup).
- salt (1/2 teaspoon);
- vanilla sugar to taste;
- baking powder (3 teaspoons).
Muffin preparation method:
- Combine flour, sugar, salt, vanilla sugar and baking powder;
- In a separate bowl, mix vegetable oil with egg, add milk and stir again;
- While continuing to stir the oil mixture, add the dry ingredients mixture to it;
- Put the dough into molds, filling 2/3 full. Muffins will rise during baking;
- Place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Bake for about 15 minutes. At this temperature, muffins will have characteristic surface cracks. If the muffins need to be coated with glaze and cream, then the temperature should be lowered (about 170 degrees). In this case, the baking time must be increased.
