Easter muffins

makes 10-12

Rating (11 ratings)

Ingredients

100 g almond paste
150 g butter or margarine
3/4 dl Dansukker Light Muscovado Sugar
Pinch of salt
3 eggs
1 dl plain flour
1/2 dl potato starch
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp Dansukker Vanilla Sugar

Cream
200 g Philadelphia cream cheese, natural
1 dl Dansukker Icing Sugar
Yellow food colouring

Decoration
2 dl desiccated coconut
Yellow food colouring
Sweets

Instructions

Start with the decoration. Mix the yellow colouring with water, add the coconut flakes stirring until the flakes are yellow. Leave to dry spread out on a tray or baking sheet.

Grate the almond paste and mix it with the butter, muscovado sugar and salt. Stir in the eggs one at a time. Mix together the two flour types, baking powder and vanilla sugar and stir into the mixture. Pour the mixture into muffin cases or a muffin pan. Bake at the centre of the oven at just under 200 °C for approx. 25 minutes. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Mix together the cream cheese and icing sugar and colour this yellow. Spread the frosting on top of the muffins. Dip them in the coconut flakes. Position sweets as the eyes and beak.

Would you like more information about Nordic Sugar and our products and services?

Christmas Hearts

Christmas Baking with Love

Find recipes and inspiration for unique Christmas Hearts for all those you care about.

Gingerbread greenhouse

Gingerbread biscuits

Is there anything better than the smell of freshly-baked gingerbread biscuits? Only eating them! Gingerbread biscuits can be hard or soft, with or without icing, almost any shape, or as entire houses. You decide what you want.

Christmas goodies

Christmas goodies

For many, Christmas wouldn't be complete without sweet treats. Put out homemade toffees, chocolates and truffles for everyone to enjoy. Whether you want the most classic Christmas treats or more advanced alternatives, we've got the recipe.

Brownie mixture in a jar

Delicious Christmas presents

The most special Christmas gifts are hand-made and filled with happiness. Create your own Santa Claus’s workshop in the kitchen and savour the Christmas spirit as you make sweets and wrap parcels.

Fairy tale chocolate cake

Christmas baking

Baking for Christmas is always something special. This is the one safe haven that always seems to cling to tradition. But perhaps you would like to try something different for a change… you might find yourself a new favourite goodie this year!

Winter's Tale

Christmas drinks

The Christmas holiday provides many opportunities to get together and mingle with a pleasant drink in the hand. A few suggestions for Christmas celebrations big and small.