There is something very comforting about baking on a Sunday afternoon. First of all, the smell of baking perfumes my whole house with sweet and buttery aromas; secondly, there is no better way to beat my Monday blues than with homemade baked goods and start off the busy work week on the right foot. So, that was exactly what I did this past Sunday afternoon–making these cute-looking mini raspberry muffins.
I don’t like my muffins big because I could never finish the whole thing and always end up wasting the food. When it comes to baking, I love everything mini–mini egg tarts, mini tartlets, mini cupcakes, etc. (My obsession with small baked goods also explains my petit fours fetish in Paris recently.) I always opt for a light breakfast in the morning so mini muffins fit my bill…
I personally love my raspberry muffins pictures very much. I usually shoot with an Aperture of 3.2-3.5, but today, I experimented with a much lower setting. All these pictures were shot with an Aperture of 1.8-2.2; I thought they look great and somewhat dreamy. Anyway, if not for the taste of these mini raspberry muffins, I hope you enjoy the pictures I presented.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter/1 stick butter/4 oz (at room temperature)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup fresh raspberries
Some powdered sugar (for sprinkling)
Method:
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electronic hand mixer. Add eggs and mix well. Stir in milk. Add all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt to the mixture and continue to blend with the hand mixer. Gently fold in the raspberries.
Lay out a mini muffin pan and arrange mini baking cups. Fill the baking cups with the mixture (about 2/3 full). Sprinkle the tops with a little powdered sugar. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for about 25 to 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.
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pls use grams for yr measuring of ingredients as it is diffcult to measure frozen butter 1/2 cup. not so accurate. thanks
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You seem to be on a baking spree! :) Dreamy indeed, as I love raspberries– unfortunately will remain a dream as we never get fresh raspberries here (as you may know already).
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Cute! I used to make mini muffins too, especially for kids parties and other tea parties, when people like little bits of finger food. I left my mini muffin tins in Singapore though…
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lctan - I don’t use grams in my measurement because I live in the US plus most people have measuring cups but not everyone has a scale. To answer your question, 1 stick of butter = 113.5 gr or 1/4 pound or 4 ounce or 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons or 14 teaspoons.
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Hi RM - lovely muffins.. i always love mini muffins, they r just too irresistable! I would add choc chips tho, cos I love baking only when there’s chocolate involved! :-)
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I LOVE bite-size muffin too! At my local grocery store they have a bunch of organic berries on sale, I will definitely try this out. However, since I am on a health kick (yeah still eating muffins though LOL), I planned on substituting butter with equal amount of applesauce.
How much batter does the recipe yield? One pan of muffin?
Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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I agree I like mini stuff - muffins, cookies etc… that way i just get a taste and do not have to waste anything. This look tasty and cute.
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Oh so CUTE! i have a thing for cute size food too. hehe. i made banana cake on sunday but it didn rise up properly. i shudv adopted ur muffin recipe.
i cant believe there’s still ppl complaining abt butter! im pretty sure stick butter is available around the world. :P
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I love everything mini too! That means I don’t feel as guilty having the second serving. :p
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love the colors of the photo!
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I love muffins. Period. Whether they be mini or jumbo, I love ‘em all :) and these look great!
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Great photos! I also just love to bake on Sunday afternoons. So comforting and relaxing! These muffins look simple and really wonderful!
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Great post, your blog is wonderfully clean, crisp and full flavor.
“I love everything mini” now that’s a great statement.
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I love anything mini. It’s cute :P
And these look adorably delicious :D
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These look adorable! And delicious! And yes, absolutely dreamy! :)
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ohh so cute and yummy looking!! Can I have some please? :)
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I love this simple yet delicious looking muffins. It gives me some idea what I wanna bake for my son’s birthday party. Love your your photographs as usual.
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How did you not feature the picture of the muffin cut open and all gooey inside?! Yum!!
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Hi Hillary,
I did. That picture is in the photoset. ;)
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Beautiful Bee. I love mini things. The colours are so vibrant.
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Can I have a dozen, for popping one-at-a-go ? :P
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your photo experimentation has produced really lovely photos! beautiful muffins although i’m a giant-muffin-gal. a small one wouldn’t feed be enough.. can i have the whole tray please ;)
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Hi, I’d been reading your blog for a while now and I love it. I am a Malaysian that is currently relocated to Santa Ana, CA. Knowing your live in Irvine, I was wondering where do you get all your fresh “Asian” ingredients? I’d been to City of Saigon at Westminster and is wondering if there is any other Asian market closed by.
You are absolutely doing a fantastic job in introducing the Malaysian food to the world. Thank’s.
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So cute. Mini stuffs are dangerous cos you will keep on popping it into your mouth.
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Oh! These are the cutest muffins ever. I too like small muffins (small pastries too). I like to tell folks that it’s because I don’t eat that much, but really - it’s so I can sample more variety, ah ha ha ha! You’re becoming a pro baker, hon :)
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These look easy to make and eat! Great photos as usual!
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aw,thank you for the welcome back! for some reason, when this was submitted to TasteSpotting, the photo cropped weird…would you mind resubmitting? would LOVE to see these on TS :D
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I love these delicious looking muffins. But love the pictures most, you take such wonder pictures.
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Your mini raspberry muffin recipe sounds easy to follow. I am going to make some raspberry muffins for my co-workers.
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How many does this recipe make? Thanks.
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Rasa Malaysia replied:
It makes 10 regular size or 20 mini muffins.
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I’ve tried baking some muffins with this recipe. I do not know what went wrong but the muffins which I’ve baked turned out nothing look like a decent muffin. What went wrong? ;(
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Rasa Malaysia replied:
I am so sorry it didn’t work out. The raspberry muffins recipe is very reliable because I have used it many times to bake muffins and they were all successful.
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