These crumble topped muffins are a perfect way to use up any mixed berries and they taste amazing with the crumble topping.

Fruits of the forest crumble topped muffins

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Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Course Cake

Servings 12 cakes

Ingredients

  

Muffin mix

• 3½ oz margarine
• 6 oz caster sugar
• 9 oz plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 2 eggs
• 125 ml semi-skimmed milk
• pinch of salt
• 100 g raspberries
• 100 g blackberries

Crumble topping

• ½ oz lightly salted butter
• 1 oz plain flour
• ½ oz demerara sugar

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 180ºC / Gas 4.  Place 12 muffin cases on a baking tray and set aside.
• In a bowl, beat the eggs with the vanilla essence.
• In another bowl sieve the flour, baking powder and salt together.
• In a large mixing bowl, with an electric hand mixer, mix together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add eggs and vanilla essence and mix well. Add half the flour mixture and mix together.  Add the milk and stir along with the remaining flour mixture and combine.
• To make the crumble on top : In a separate bowl, add the butter, demerara sugar and flour and with your fingers, rub together to make fine breadcrumbs.  Once done, set aside.
• Divide the muffin mixture around 12 muffin cases.  Add the fruit to the top of the muffin mixture and then sprinkle the crumble over the top.
• Bake in the oven for 25mins.