Amaretto Brownie Muffins

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These Brownie bites are an adaption of a brownie recipe that I make often but have not posted yet, this time in muffin form. A cake disguised as muffin, very rich in taste, not overly sweet (if you like it sweeter add more sugar), irresistable! Decorate them with a heart of icing sugar, and you will have lovely Valentine's Day Treats :)

Ingredients (makes 24 muffins):

125 g brown sugar (Muscovado or Demerara)
2 eggs 
125 g butter, melted
200 ml milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract (I used homemade)
225 g plain flour
50 g cocoa, unsweetened
100 g semi-sweet chocolate
60 ml Amaretto liqueour
50 g almonds, chopped
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt


Method:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/ 350 F.
• Melt butter and chocolate (separate) until smooth and shiny. Set aside.
• Prepare muffin tin. Grease muffin cups or use muffin liners. 
• Whisk together eggs and sugar, using a wooden spoon or spatula (no mixer needed).
• Pour in melted butter, melted chocolate, milk, amaretto and vanilla extract. Add almonds. Combine. 
• Sift together flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt into the mixing bowl, incorporate with a wooden spoon.
• Fill greased muffin cups (or muffin liners) 2/3 full. 
•  Bake at 160° C for 12-15 minutes.
• Dust with cocoa or icing sugar before serving. 

Imam već godinama recept za brownies koji sam prilagodila svom ukusu, dodavala i oduzimala sastojke, smanijila šećer, dok nisam dobila ono što i meni i M. najbolje odgovara. Jučer sam ovaj kolač isprobala u formi muffina, čisto iz radoznalosti, da vidim kako će ispasti. Rezultat je odličan, kolačići su izgubili pomalo onu pomalo ljepljivu unutrašnjost, što im nije naškodilo, divno su meki, sočni, čokoladasti, ne previše slatki (ako volite više slatko dodajte još šećera), a kombinacija amaretta i sjeckanih badema savršena. Upravo grickam jedan kolačić dok pišem ovaj post, uz meni omiljeni čaj od mente... I idući dan su odlični! Meni su najbolji kad su posuti s puno kakaa, ali ih na primjer možete ukrasite srčekom i od prah šećera. Zgodan način da dragoj osobi na Valentinovo pokažete da je volite, zar ne?:-)

 Za 24 kolačića potrebno je:

125 smeđeg šećera (Muscovado, ili Demerara)
2 jaja
125 maslaca, istopljenog
200 ml mlijeka
1 žlica ekstrakta vanilije (koristim domaću)
225 g brašna, glatkog
50 g kakao praha (gorkog)
100 g tamne čokolade (70% kakaa)
60 ml amaretto likera
1 žličica praška za pecivo
prstohvat soli
50 g sjeckanih badema


Priprema:

• Zagrijte peć na 180 °C.
• Pripremite košarice za muffine, ili silikonske kalupiće. 
• Rastopite maslac, stavite u stranu. Istopite čokoladu.
• U zdjeli spatulom ili drvenom varjačom izmiješajte jaja i šećer. Mikser nije potreban.
• Umiješajte istopljeni maslac, rastopljenu čokoladu, mlijeko, vanilliju, amaretto liker.
• Punite kalupiće ili košarice (otprilike 2/3, tijesto će narasti). 
• Peći na 160°C otprilike 12- 15 minuta. 
• Prije serviranja posuti kakao prahom ili prah šećerom.
• Najbolji su još topli, ali i hladni, a sočni su i idući dan!

Orange Ricotta Cake/ Kolač s narančom i ricottom

Anything with ricotta is fine with me. More than fine :) I love ricotta flavour in desserts, especially in cakes, and one of my favorites is lemon ricotta cake.  Readers who are following me for a while now know that I am in love with lemons, especially in cakes!  I have adapted one of my dearest recipes for lemon ricotta cake (will post it soon) , made a few changes and the result was this orange ricotta cake. Ricotta cheese adds flavour and richness to this simple and very moist cake, and if you use homemade ricotta, it will taste even better! Have you ever made ricotta at home? It is so easy to make, inexpensive, and once you make it, you will be in love with the taste of it! If you are interested in a tutorial how to make homemade ricotta cheese, let me know!

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Orange Ricotta Cake

(for round baking pan 24-26 cm)

Ingredients

 

3-4 oranges, sliced (organic)

250 g cake flour (or all-purpose flour)

100 g butter (room temperature)

170 g sugar

250 g ricotta cheese

3 eggs

grated lemon zest & juice of 1/2 lemon

1 teaspoon grated orange zest

juice of 1 orange

1 1/2  teaspoons of baking powder

pinch of salt

 

 

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350 F. 

2. Use parchment paper for the baking pan. 

3. Slice the whole oranges thinly, then place them at the bottom of the baking pan, and baking sides.

3. In a bowle beat the butter, sugar and ricotta cheese until creamy, set aside.

Separate eggs (yolks from the white), stir the yolks into the dough.

4. In another bowl beat the whites until stiff. 

5. Add to the dough sifted flour, baking powder, salt, lemon & orange juice and zest, combine well. 

6. Stir in stiffed egg whites (with a wooden spatula), until it is just combined. 

7. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. 

8. Bake at 180°C / 350 F for 40- 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. 

Serve warm or cold.

Ako me redovno pratite, sigurno znate da sam veliki limunoljubac, volim limun ponajviše u kolačima, stalno isprobavam nove recepte, ali ne stižem da ih objavim. Danas ću podijeliti s vama adaptiranu verziju meni najdražeg kolača od ricotte i limuna (recept ću objaviti drugom prilikom), ovog puta s narančama (a ima i malo limuna :)) Imala sam lijepe, nešpricane naranče iz organskog uzgoja, pa sam malo eksperimentirala, i dobila sam jako ukusan, sočan, fin kolač. Uz to sam imala i dovoljno domaće ricotte, koju je vrlo lako napraviti, podijeliću uskoro receptić s vama!

Kolač s narančom i ricotta sirom

(za kalup 24-26 cm promjera)

Sastojci

3-4 naranče (iz organskog uzgoja) , isječene na tanke kriške

100 g maslaca (sobne temperature)

250 g brašna (glatko)

3 jaja

250 g ricotta sira 

170 g šećera

1,5 žličice praška za pecivo

sok + korice 1/2 limuna 

prstohvat soli

sok 1 naranče

korice 1/2 naranče

 

Priprema  

1. Peć zagrijati na 180° C.

2. Kalup obložiti papirom za pečenje.

3. U posudi umutiti maslac, šećer i ricottu, dok ne dobijete kremastu smjesu. U ovu smjesu dodati 3 žumanjka, a bjelanjke u zasebnoj posudi izmutiti u čvsti snijeg. 

4. U smjesu s žumanjcima postepeno dodati prosijano brašno s praškom za pecivo, dodati so, limunov i narančin sok te izribane korice limuna i naranči, i umutiti. 

5.Spatulom lagano umiješati snijeg od bjelanjaka u tijesto, taman toliko da se svi sastojci sjedine.

6. U kalupu ravnomjerno rasporediti tanko najsečene kriške od naranči, po dnu i sa strane. 

7. Smjesu izliti u kalup.

8. U prethodno zagrijanoj pećnici peći  na 180°¨C 40-45 minuta. Test s čačkalicom.

Servirati toplo ili hladno. Uživati!