My kids love to help me whenever I’m in my kitchen baking.This time round my four year old was very excited to be my helper.While I was getting the ingredients ready he had taken out a large bowl and the whisk on the table ready for mixing!!Of late I’ve been coming across a lot of cake and muffin recipes with Olive Oil which cuts off the fat content by a lot.
Olive Oil muffins sounded so good, but unfortunately I’d never tasted them and was always intrigued every time I saw the recipes posted by my baker friends.So I decided to try making these muffins and figure out myself!My son loves vanilla hence, Vanilla Muffins it had to be!
Oh my, what a delicious, moist treat this was? I have to tell you that these are now my absolute favorites and thanks to all my baker friends out there, I was inspired to bake with Olive Oil.You can clearly taste the Olive Oil in every bite.The yoghurt make it super moist and so good!My son enjoyed it too and was very proud that it was his creation 🙂 My daughter enjoyed it for her school snack the following day!Hubby who is very finicky when it comes to desserts also liked it!That tells it all I guess 🙂
Adapted from The Foodies’ Kitchen
Makes 12 muffins
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I would go for a vanilla buttercream frosting on top!I would suggest you try it once beforehand so you like all the flavor combinations 🙂
Thank you! One more question- what kind of icing would you recommend with this cake?
Does this recipe fill up a cake pan? I am thinking of making this in cake format for my daughter’s birthday.
Thanks!
-Allison
Yeah Allison, it would fill up a cake pan.So you can go ahead 🙂
I love that photo of your son cooking, so cute! Your cakes look fluffy, moist and rich. Baking with olive oil is my new favorite thing, it is so much better than baking with butter!!! Will definitely try out your recipe soon. Have a great weekend!:)
Being a Greek I believe that olive oil is one of the best ingredients not only for savory dishes but also for the sweet ones! these muffins look seriously good!
Now I need to start baking with Olive Oil 🙂 These look awesome 🙂
I have had olive oil cakes a few times and enjoyed them…these look wonderful!
Hope you are having a great week 🙂
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Soni, these are beautiful! I love the use of olive oil in baked goods. I bet they smelled fantastic.
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I love working with olive oil when I bake, it is so beautiful! These muffins sound wonderful, and look so fluffy:-) Hugs, Terra
Wow! They look unbelievable! I’m certain the olive oil gave them an extra touch of deliciousness!
Olive oil muffins sounds good to me. They look perfectly done.
Such lovely cakes and they look beautiful. Your photos are lovely. Another recipe for my collection of ‘to cook’!
This looks great! I could easily adapt to fit my allergen free needs! It looks like such a light texture! 🙂 YUM! Thanks for stopping by last week! You’ll have to let me know if you tried the black bean brownies. The kids ate them all week, I liked them only the first day or two 🙂
Cindy
What a wonderful idea! Definitely going to try those very soon.
Thanks for sharing!
I did try out some olive oil muffins last week and they were spectacular. Yours look great too Soni. The texture and I can only imagine how tender they must be with the addition of yogurt.
Tt’s really great when children join in & bake together with their mums. Your son is really adorable to help out in making these lovely vanilla & olive oil cupcakes. I love olive oil cake & most of the time I added in savory cakes. Have not try with sweet cupcakes. Very interesting recipe & I really want to give this ago since I have all the ingredients at home! Thanks for sharing! Have a pleasant day, Soni! 🙂
Love the pic of your son helping! Love cooking my kids too. I’ve never baked with olive oil before either — I’m definitely going to give it a try.
Your son is a darling to have helped you with the muffins, Soni – that is such a cute picture of the little guy:)Olive oil sounds like a very interesting punch to the Vanilla cakes – lovely golden brown color and beautifully made – thanks so much for sharing!!
I love olive oil cakes, the texture is just so fluffy and light. And the combo with vanilla must be delicious!
super soft n fluffy muffins!!
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