Recipe for Mango, lime and ginger muffins
I've left the quantities for the frosting deliberately vague so that you can adjust both flavour and quantity. I tend to just make enough to frost half of the muffins.
Makes 12 muffins
1 large mango, cut into small cubes
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup wholewheat flour
1 cup low fat yogurt
0.5 cup skimmed or semi-skimmed milk
0.5 cup unrefined demerara sugar
Juice from one lime
2 balls of stem ginger, chopped into very small pieces
1 medium egg
4 tbsp vegetable oil
3 tsp baking powder
Optional frosting
Mix to taste
Low fat cream cheese
Honey
Lime juice
Mix together both types of flour, the sugar and baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
In a second bowl mix the wet ingredients – the yogurt, milk, egg and vegetable oil.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until combined. A few lumps are fine
Fold the mango and ginger pieces gently into the muffin mixture.
Spoon the muffin mixture out into paper cases in your muffin tray and bake for 20 to 25 minutes at 190C. An easy way to check if they are done is to stick a toothpick or skewer into the middle of one of the muffins and see if it comes away clean.
To make the frosting, whisk the three ingredients in a small bowl using a fork, adjusting to taste as you go.
Allow to cool on a wire tray, covering with the frosting if using
Makes 12 muffins
1 large mango, cut into small cubes
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup wholewheat flour
1 cup low fat yogurt
0.5 cup skimmed or semi-skimmed milk
0.5 cup unrefined demerara sugar
Juice from one lime
2 balls of stem ginger, chopped into very small pieces
1 medium egg
4 tbsp vegetable oil
3 tsp baking powder
Optional frosting
Mix to taste
Low fat cream cheese
Honey
Lime juice
Mix together both types of flour, the sugar and baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
In a second bowl mix the wet ingredients – the yogurt, milk, egg and vegetable oil.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until combined. A few lumps are fine
Fold the mango and ginger pieces gently into the muffin mixture.
Spoon the muffin mixture out into paper cases in your muffin tray and bake for 20 to 25 minutes at 190C. An easy way to check if they are done is to stick a toothpick or skewer into the middle of one of the muffins and see if it comes away clean.
To make the frosting, whisk the three ingredients in a small bowl using a fork, adjusting to taste as you go.
Allow to cool on a wire tray, covering with the frosting if using