Peach and Sweet Potato Muffins
I’m feeling rather summery at the moment. The sun is shining and flip flops are the staple footwear choice. I’m sure all this will change in the blink of n eye and rain will pour – after all this is England! I managed a spot of baking today, another recipe from the Harry Eastwood cookbook. Previously I have attempted the courgette cupcakes, but today I went for the peach and sweet potato muffins. My thinking was that these will make really great breakfast snacks. If you are not familiar with Harry’s philosophy, she tends to avoid butter in her recipes and substitutes this with vegetables to get the same (if not more) moisture – cakes that are actually pretty good for you, whoop!
For anyone looking to give them ago here is the recipe.
You will need the following:
2 medium free range eggs
120g caster sugar
200g peeled and finely grated sweet potato
100g white rice flour
100g ground almonds
1 table spoon of poppy seeds
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of barcarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
3 small peaches cut into small cubes (or 1 regular tin of peaches cut up)
These are really quick and simple to make with very few steps.
Here’s how to do it:
1) Whisk the egg and sugar together for 3 minutes, until fluffy and light.
2) Use a wooden spoon to mix in the sweet potato, ground almonds. Then sieve in the flour, baking powder, barcarbonate of soda and salt. Finally adding in the poppy seeds. Mix well.
3) Add in the chopped peach (I coated my peach cubes in a teaspoon of flour to avoid them sinking to the bottom) and mix well again.
4) Spoon the mixture into muffin cases to the top, make sure you use a muffin tray to bake them. Then they need 3o minutes in the oven at 180 degrees or gas mark 4.
5) Once ready turn them out on to a wire rack to cool – then Eat! Yum!
If anyone tries them out please let me know, love to know how you got on. Also if anyone wants the book here’s the one that I have.
These look so utterly delicious, I cannot believe they’re made with sweet potato! Fab photography, too. Yum! x
Jen, thanks for the kind words! There really is very little sugar in these bad boys so if you’re looking for a healthy snack give them a go – they don’t taste anything like potato I promise!
these look super delicious!! my friend has a recipe for a chocolate beetroot cake, a yogurt cake and a potato cake … all very delicious!! i wish i could eat all of my meals from heart shaped bowls!! x
these are so lovely, i love how you’ve styled them too
Definitely one for my hubby. He loves anything with sweet potato and he has a sweet tooth so this is perfect. Thank you.
Thanks Paula!
Catherine, do try them. They’re great for men as they are really filling too! Even my hollow legged boyfriend couldn’t eat more than two at once. He,he! x
Tried the muffins today, very tasty! Will make again thanks. Mine did not rise in the middle though, did I do something wrong?
Hi Anne,
Great news that you tried the muffins. The only reason I can think that they didn’t rise in the middle could be that the oven door was opened during cooking, sometimes an interruption in heat can lead to cakes not rising in the middle. Also the peaches let off a lot of moisture when they are baked, I always try to dry my peach chunks with kitchen roll before I put them in the mixture. Failing that I dust them in a little plain flour before you add them in, this stops them from sinking and takes out a little moisture.
I hope this helps. Let me know if this works.