CAFE TREATS

Turn your kitchen into a cafe with these popular baked goodies

Orange Poppyseed Muffins Makes 12, Prep and Cook: 50 mins

¾ cup milk

1 tblsp poppyseeds

2 cups self-raising flour

¾ cup caster sugar

125g unsalted butter, melted,

cooled

2 eggs, lightly beaten

2 tsps finely grated orange rind ¼ cup orange juice

Thinly shredded orange

rind, to decorate

FROSTING

100g cream cheese, chopped,

at room temperature

½ cup icing sugar mixture

1 Line a 12-hole muffin pan (¹ ∕ ³ cup capacity) with muffin wraps.

2 Combine milk and poppyseeds in a jug. Stand for 10 minutes. 3 Combine flour and sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre. Add butter, eggs, rind, juice and milk mixture. Stir until combined. Divide mixture evenly among prepared pan holes, about ¹ ∕ ³ cup in each.

4 Cook in a moderate oven (180C) for about 25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Stand for 10 minutes in pan. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. 5 To make frosting, beat ingredients in a small bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

6 Dollop frosting on top of muffins. Decorate with shredded rind.