These Orange Muffins are very spongy in every bite and tastes delicious with full of orange flavour even though they're not feather light cakes. I consider this is a healthy recipe using natural yoghurt without butter.
Orange Muffins Without Butter
30g Sugar
35g Fresh orange juice
Orange zest from one large orange
70g Natural yoghurt
80g Plain flour
10g Corn flour
1/2 tsp Baking powder
a pinch of salt
3 Egg whites
70g Sugar
- Method:
- Beat egg yolks and sugar until white at medium speed and add orange juice, natural yoghurt and mix well.
- Remove bowl from machine, add in sifted flour (plain flour, corn flour & baking powder) and mix well with a hand whisk, follow by orange zest, mix well again.
- Whisk egg whites and sugar until peak form.
- Fold 1/4 of egg white to egg yolk mixture with a rubber spatula until well mix and fold in remaining egg white in two batches.
- Scoop batter into muffin liners to 3/4 full and place them on a baking tray.
- Bake at preheated oven at 170C for about 25-30 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Bang the baking tray together with the small cakes on the counter top 2-3 times once they are cooked, as this will prevent the cakes shringes. Leave to cool and store them in an airtight container in room temperature for 2-3 days.
I'm submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers #22: Lightened Up Cakes (August 2012)
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Wow ... so pretty and 很好吃！
ReplyDeleteAnn, where did you buy the 'toy' for grating orange zest?
ReplyDeleteI bought it at Tott. Very expensive around $28 but they also got cheaper one around $15 with wider plate.
DeleteThose are gorgeous!! I love the hint of orange too.
ReplyDelete我来啦！！！这个橙味满分看上去好好吃哟！
ReplyDelete真的不错哦！没有七风那么松但很有有弹性。
DeleteAnn, I can smell the orange fragrance over here, the muffin texture looks soft and fluffy.
ReplyDeleteJess, can try this at home. Not too sweet to my liking.
DeleteIt sure does sound good. I love anything citrus.
ReplyDeleteAnn, I love this! The muffins kind of look like chiffon cake. I will make these muffins this weekend.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that :) Give me a feedback after trying it.
DeleteI gonna like this muffin without butter. Will try if it is not that 'sweet'. Myself a bit 'kiasee' of becoming diabetic.
ReplyDeleteKimmy, OK lah.. not too sweet to me.
Deletesound so light and can eat as many as we can, no burden at all!
ReplyDeleteWow, no butter? CAnt really tell from that wonderful golden colour! Guess eating two of these for tea won't be sinful at all! Yum!
ReplyDeletehahaa...you're right!
DeleteThe method looks like that for sponge cake. The texture also looks like sponge cake. Looks light and yummy!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious and healthier without the butter, don't now if I should try making these, usually my chiffon cakes shrank if baked in cups .
ReplyDeleteJeannie, make into muffin liner easier to handle than chiffon mould.
Delete很美很松的muffin，做法有点像ciffon，一定很软而且带有橙味，一定很好吃！
ReplyDelete是有一点像ciffon，很有弹性哦！
DeleteThe don't look like muffins at all... I gotta try this recipe!
ReplyDeleteChristine， still got time to bake?
DeleteOh yum !!! Love these healthy muffins with spongy texture ! :D
ReplyDeleteAnne, This method is just like castella cake.
DeleteMmmm...they look lovely and oh so good! I can imagine to take a bite! I might have to try this without butter!
ReplyDeleteHi Lyndsey, So happy to see you here. Thanks for your comment :)
DeleteI thought is Hokkaido chiffon cupcake at first glance. This must be very light and refreshing.
ReplyDeleteLove this series of photos, the colour coordination is very nice.
Thanks Angel. I think I'v slacken a little on my photography skill after two months' break.
DeleteWOWW..WITHOUT BUTTER.. AWESOME ANCOO :)
ReplyDelete这带有橙味的muffin肯定很香，看起来也很柔软，口感会不会和戚风一样。
ReplyDeleteAngie, 是很有弹性，可能是没加牛油的关系，所以不是很松。
DeleteWOW!! THese look sooo delicious, looks like mini orange chiffon cakes :-)
ReplyDeletehahaa...Actually I wanted to name this as chiffon cake too.
DeleteSoft spongy and moist! Love orange flavour.
ReplyDeletei just love the orange flavour. I want 2...3 also can do :D By the way, your orange skin grater looks very cute!
ReplyDeleteMary, You can take all you want. :)
DeleteI just bought that grater not long ago and it is so much easier to use compare to my old one.
I would love to try to bake this muffin. It looks fluffy and tasty. Don't forget that its orange flavor. My favorite. Yum!
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Have a try. I'm sure you'll love it :)
DeleteWhat a beautiful muffin. I love that you replace the butter with yogurt! What a healthy muffin. I bet they are good for breakfast! ;)
ReplyDeleteYes Amy, this is good for anytime of the day.
Deletewow...this looks so refreshing!!Best of all....without butter...yeah!!
ReplyDeleteI bookmarked it already, will try out this weekend!!
Thanks for sharing ^o^
I have that grater too, mine is PINK in colour.
Recently I saw a Purple one, so tempting to buy lor!
(我的眼睛真的很坏蛋，看到什么就手痒啦。。。哈哈哈!)
哈哈哈。。。啥两都一样啦！眼睛都坏了！
Deletereplacing butter with natural yogurt is a wonderful idea. Will try these mini chiffon
ReplyDeleteHope you like it :)
DeleteBeautifully done!!! So light and moist looking...and the addition of orange zest and juice sounds delish~
ReplyDeleteLooks very spongy and light nice one!
ReplyDeleteYou can make this beautiful muffins without butter? That's amazing!!! I love the orange hint in these muffins too. Looks so good - I can and love to eat this every morning with my tea!
ReplyDeleteBy just looking at the 1st photo,I would have thought that you baked some Hokkaido light cheesecakes. Very healthy indeed & they look yummy too!
ReplyDeleteJessie, you're not the first one saying this looks like Hokkaido cake. I definitely going to bake Hokkaido cake soon :D
DeleteI thought it was hokkiado cupcakes on first look !! Looks equally soft and tender.. but indeed very healthy and can eat many without guilt !!
ReplyDeleteLooks so spongy and light! Guilt-free yummy! And must be very fragrant from the oranges too!
ReplyDeleteThe microplane zester is on my wish-list for ages. It is very expensive over here, close to RM100! So I'm using the cheapest one from Ikea! :)
Have a great weekend!
WOW! That is real expensive compare to here.
DeleteI am always on the lookout for butterless bakes heehee. With yogurt is even better, i will definitely try this. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteEsther, you're welcome :)
Delete上个星期六上课，老师就买了一些糕点来，其中一个是没有油的蛋糕。我那时就想没有油的蛋糕？！（可惜那时肚子不舒服，所以没试）
ReplyDelete如果有橙的话，我也要试做！
现在你身体好了吗？我近来时常看到你在fb吃好料哦 :)
Deletethis is sooooooooooooooperb!
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Looks so light and spongy - looks more like chiffon cupcake than muffins to me :)
ReplyDeleteAnn, these look amazing! I love your presentation and those boxes..very cute! AWESOME Recipe...
ReplyDeleteI wish you wonderful weekend! xo
Hi Ann, I bake this today.It was really full of orange fragrant and very spongy..My daughter loves it. Just wondering how come my muffin outer part was sticky? But inner is fine. tq
ReplyDeleteJes, mine was ok, very clean on the outer part. I'm using this non-stick wrapper from PH.
DeleteWah, just got back already tempting us with your bakes! I wanna try!! Hahaha!
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These look so cute and fluffy, would so love to have one with my morning coffee now... Remind me of chiffon cake!
ReplyDeleteAnn, these look gorgeous, fluffy and soft. Reminds me of the Chinese "dan gao".
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ReplyDeleteSuas receitas são tão boas, tão deliciosas!
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Hi Ann,
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely orange muffin without butter.
The last picture remind me of （鸡蛋糕）。
May I know does the texture of this muffin something like that?
Btween may I know how do you peel of the membran of the orange so nicely?
Can you tell from eating that it has no butter? I also love your photos here. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! You can only smell the orange zest.
DeleteCan you tell from eating that it has no butter? I also love your photos here. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Ann, your muffin look really good. Excellent photo.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice week ahead.
A healthier muffin? Say no more, I am SO there, this looks great!
ReplyDeleteno butter and oil and yets look so spongy! guess it must be the egg separation method that helps a lot. i will not feel guilty eating these cakes :D
ReplyDeleteThese muffins look so soft and light. Would love to have one with my cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteHi Ann, this is kym again. i dont like yoghurt, so if i omit yoghurt what should subsitude with...thanks thanks.wait for your reply
ReplyDeleteHi Kym, You can add sour cream or whipping cream to replace yoghurt.
DeleteHi Ann. Tried baking this two times today but it does Not rise. Can you pls advise?
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I think the reason is mainly due to the egg whites are not properly beaten. Try to beat the egg whites a little stiffer same like the chiffon cake.
Deletehi ann..is it possible to replace the yougurt wt something else??
ReplyDeleteCan use whipping cream or sour cream.
DeleteHi. . Thanks for the recipe. I tried it today but it turned out a little denser than I expected. I baked at 160C fan forced for 27 mins. Where did I go wrong? - Dab
ReplyDeleteHi Dab, I didn't use fan forced, just the normal temperature. This cake is like the chiffon cake, it should be soft type.
DeleteLooks so good. So happened to have a small tub of yoghurt. Thanks for sharing!
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