BBC Good Food

04 December 2011

Tested

"Another vote for making 12 pretty generous muffins from this mix (in standard silicon cake cases). I added dried cranberries (not the oversweet ones), orange zest and a little cinnamon, and omitted the seeds. They took 20-25 mins to cook through."

08 October 2011

Tested

"I'm tickled that people think there's too much salt in this to be healthy, conveniently ignoring 900 calories and 32g saturated fat in each portion. We also found the caramel too runny to act as a sandwich layer, and after the required time/temperature in the oven, the cake was not cooked."

19 July 2009

Tested

"I made this into marbled cupcakes by putting a good spoonful of each batter into a cake/muffin case - it made 20 decent sized ones. Cooked for 25 mins at 160 (fan) but they sank a little on cooling. The 70% chocolate is a bit full-on for the ganache, as others have said. Would recommend Green & Black's "darker shade of milk" instead. Also, microwaving on "full power" is a poor instruction. Please give an idea of wattage. After 1 min at "full power" (900W) my white chocolate was part-melted, and part-caramelised inside, as I found when I stirred it. I had to sieve out the burnt sugar! Maybe brand makes a difference?"

21 June 2009

Tested

"The original recipe is very nice - lovely moist muffins with a nice tang from the cranberries. But it's quite heavy on the fat! I have also made a version with 0% fat Greek yogurt (thinned with a little milk) substituted for the sour cream, sugar reduced to 150g, wholemeal plain flour, and some grated fresh ginger. It worked very well! Slightly drier muffins, but more satisfying."

27 January 2009

Tested

"Good call on the stock, with 300ml it's just about right. Due to being lazy I put my veg (leeks) in with everything else and it was fine. This would be really easy to vary - I might try it with lamb and a dab of harissa paste next time."