Cream Cheese Muffins

Iceland's Note:

This is a quick and easy recipe which you can adopt too. You can use different kind of fruits, i love to use seasonal things so i would use berries in fall, bananas in winter, strawberries in spring and mango in summer. You can also use chocolate chips, raisins, nuts or a combination of those to make the batter according to your personal preferences and taste.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 12.0 muffins

Muffins

• ½ cup butter
• 2⁄3; cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup whole flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ cup plain yogurt
• 1 cup fruit

Cream

• 6 teaspoons cream cheese
• 3 teaspoons sour cream
• 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Blend softened butter and brown sugar.
2. Add the egg and mix well, add flour, baking powder, yogurt and fruits and stir.
3. Bake in your muffins tray (i use silicon trays) at 200°C (390°F) for about 15 minutes or until risen and looking golden in colour.
4. Whip together the ingredients of the creamy topping while the muffins are baking.
5. Let them cool down before you decorate them with the cream and additional fresh fruit, nuts or sprinkles.

Reviews

[diner524]

Loved the muffin mixture, so moist and delicious!!! I made 1/2 of the recipe, using a mini loaf pan, and used bananas as the fruit and added some mini chocolate chips. I am not sure if it is a mistake or the actual recipe to only add 1 teaspoon of icing (powdered) sugar for the topping? I added about 3 tablespoons to the half recipe of topping and it was still very tangy and took away from the muffin mixture, so next time I would add a lot more or just leave it off and just enjoy the wonderful muffin/loaf!! I am rating this based on the muffin batter. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Made for "Best of 2010" Tag Game.

[Maito]

I followed another reviewer and used banana (one, diced) and chocolate chips (1/4 cup) and these really made the muffins. Otherwise they were pretty dense (I make a lot of muffins and the crumb just wasn't as light and fluffy as it should be). I agree with the other reviewers - the powdered sugar amount is off, I added 2 tablespoons. We liked them equally well with and without the cream cheese frosting (or decorative nuts). I only got 10 pretty small muffins out of this recipe, and the frosting was enough to lightly cover about 6 of them.

[loof]

This recipe is a delight! The brown sugar gives a nice flavor and the texture is amazing - so moist and fluffy and light. I used strawberries as my fruit and added a bit more sugar to the icing mixture. I made these in mini-loaf pans so cooked an extra 5 minutes. Thanks for posting this recipe!