I heard quite a few times from my blogger friends on baking without butter and egg. I always wondered how can one make cakes without these two key ingredients. This time I tried to find the answer myself by baking muffins without either butter or egg. To my surprise, they turned out to be quite satisfying, still having the fluffiness like normal muffins. Must admit, missed the flavour of butter in the muffins, which otherwise were pretty good. Hope the eggless bakes would be a nice option for vegetarians or vegans who do not want to remain deprived of the baking wonders.
Ingredients for 6 pieces :
- Sunflower or Peanut oil – 1 tbspoon + extra for oiling (if using)
- Plain flour – 125 gm.
- Baking soda – ½ teaspoon
- Salt – ¼ teaspoon
- Raw sugar/brown sugar – 110 gm.
- Dried fig (chopped) – 45 gm.
- Almonds (chopped) – 55 gm.
- Water – 100 ml.
- Almond extract – ½ teaspoon
- Chopped almond to decorate – 1 tbspoon
Ingredients
Procedure :
Oil 6 cup muffin tin with sunflower oil, or line it with muffin paper liners.
Sift the flour, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl, then add the raw sugar and stir together.
In a separate bowl, mix the figs, almonds and sunflower oil together, then stir in the water and almond extract.
Add the fruit and nut mixture to the flour mixture and gently stir together. Do not over stir – it is fine for it to be a little lumpy.
Divide the batter evenly between the 6 cups in the muffin tin (they should be about 2/3 full), then sprinkle over the remaining chopped almonds to decorate.
Transfer to a preheated oven, 190ºC/375ºF, and bake for 25 minutes, or until risen and golden.
Remove the muffins from the oven and serve warm, or place them on a wire rack to cool.
Aruna Panangipally
What I would not give for one of these with a hot cup of coffee, right now! 🙂
Jayeeta
😀 😀
Arielle
Oh wow I really have to try out this recipe, I love your posts they are all so amazing <3
Jayeeta
Thank you so much Arielle…….. 🙂
Sandhya
Look super yummy! I love both figs and almonds!
Jayeeta
Thanks Sandhya………give it a try and let me know whether you liked it or not…… 🙂
food passion and love
J..The muffins looks soo inviting..I must say this one..i mean..just look at the texture..!Really soo good!
Jayeeta
Thank you so much for your appreciating words Shanu…. 🙂 <3
Chitra Jagadish
Looks scrumptious and nice to see eggless and butter less cake…. yummm.
Jayeeta
It was my first attempt Chitra and I must admit cakes can be made without butter & egg…….. 😀
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