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
Vanilla Olive Oil Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup All purpose Flour
- Pinch of salt
- 1 ¼ tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 cup Sugar
- ½ cup Olive Oil
- ¼ cup Plain Yoghurt
- ½ cup milk
- 1 Egg
- 1 Egg White
- 1 ½ tsp Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line standard muffin pan with paper liners.
- Sift together Flour,Baking Powder, Baking Soda and Salt.
- In a mixing bowl mix the Oil,Yoghurt, Milk,Egg, Egg White and Vanilla Extract.
- Mix well and add the dry ingredients and just mix until combined.
- Take an ice cream scoop and divide between 12 muffin cups.
- Bake on the center rack in the oven for 18-20 minutes or until slightly golden.
- Enjoy!
Soni says
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 🙂
Allison says
Thank you! One more question- what kind of icing would you recommend with this cake?
Allison says
Does this recipe fill up a cake pan? I am thinking of making this in cake format for my daughter’s birthday.
Thanks!
-Allison
Soni says
Yeah Allison, it would fill up a cake pan.So you can go ahead 🙂
Carmen Anderson says
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!:)
Katerina says
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!
Suchi says
Now I need to start baking with Olive Oil 🙂 These look awesome 🙂
Magic of Spice says
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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Cucina49 says
Soni, these are beautiful! I love the use of olive oil in baked goods. I bet they smelled fantastic.
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Terra says
I love working with olive oil when I bake, it is so beautiful! These muffins sound wonderful, and look so fluffy:-) Hugs, Terra
Ruth REYNOSO-SANCE says
Wow! They look unbelievable! I’m certain the olive oil gave them an extra touch of deliciousness!
Balvinder (Neetu) says
Olive oil muffins sounds good to me. They look perfectly done.
Simone @ howtocook-easyrecipes says
Such lovely cakes and they look beautiful. Your photos are lovely. Another recipe for my collection of ‘to cook’!
Cindy DG says
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
Laura says
What a wonderful idea! Definitely going to try those very soon.
Thanks for sharing!
Baker Street says
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.
Kit @ i-lostinausten says
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! 🙂
Trish says
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.
Sudha says
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!!
Pola M says
I love olive oil cakes, the texture is just so fluffy and light. And the combo with vanilla must be delicious!
Julie says
super soft n fluffy muffins!!
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