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Apple & Ginger Muffins with Cider Frosting
‘Tinkers Cake’ is a traditional Welsh apple cake recipe made historically for travelling iron workers in the valleys of South Wales. Here’s a modern twist with the addition of Welsh cider for the topping.
Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
25
minutes
mins
Total Time
45
minutes
mins
Course:
Snack
Cuisine:
British
Servings:
12
muffins
Author:
Elizabeth
Ingredients
for the apple & ginger muffins
200
grams
self-raising flour
1
tsp
baking powder
1
tsp
ground ginger
50
grams
wholemeal spelt flour
100
grams
demerara sugar
2
free-range eggs
125
ml
full fat milk
4
tbsp
butter
melted (or sunflower oil)
250
grams
cooking apples
grated
50
grams
stem ginger
chopped
for the cider frosting
50
grams
butter
melted
175
grams
icing sugar
2
tbsp
traditional Welsh cider
1
tbsp
pumpkin seeds
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Instructions
Preheat oven to 180 C/ 160 C fan/ Gas 4.
Mix together the flours, ginger, baking powder and sugar in a bowl.
In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk and melted butter (or oil), and pour into the dry ingredients.
Fold in the grated apples and chopped ginger and spoon into 12 muffin cases.
Bake in the centre of the oven for 25 minutes.
Cool completely on a wire rack while you prepare the frosting.
To make the frosting, mix together the melted butter, icing sugar and traditional Welsh cider until smooth.
Frost each cooled muffin and sprinkle the tops with the pumpkin seeds.
Notes
Recipe provided by
Welsh Food & Drink
.