I’ve never been good at naming things. Even as a child, all of my stuffed toys were very unimaginatively named. There was Suzie, Casey, Mampi (ok this one sounds original, but she came with that name, so I take no credit), Teddy, Cuddly… you get the picture. In fact, so tedious were the names I was giving my posse that my best buddy from primary school (who’s coming to visit me in London next year ~ yay!) once asked, “hey, why do all their names end with ‘eee’?”
Good question.
I don’t know, my brain can’t seem to grasp anything else.
So one day, she bought me a bear – he was a really cool scruffy kinda guy. And she named him Fergus. Wow, that threw my naming convention a real doozy.
Anyway, I suck at naming things. I’m not witty, or clever, or even mildly imaginative. So when I baked these gorgeous little mini blackberry muffin cake things, I was all for naming them muffy.
But who knew “muffy” was already coined by PBS Kids and by the way guys, don’t google “muffy” like I just did. You get all kinds of pr0n, and not just delicious food pr0n.
With muffy taken and creativity at an all time know, I didn’t know what to do. All I came up with was mini blackberry muff-cakes. Now really, do not google that.
Anyway, here’s one of the easiest recipes of the century for y’all to play with. It’s like, five steps. I say five because “turn the oven on” and “serve with ice cream” don’t really constitute steps, do they?
ps: and here’s a little treat/torture for you, because apparently I love/hate you that much (please circle which applies to you) ~
mini blackberry muff-cakes |
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1 cup self raising flour 2/3 cup sugar 1 cup milk 110 grams unsalted butter 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup fresh or frozen berries extra sugar for sprinkling |
Original recipe from An Edible Symphony. My first go was with raspeberries. They’re nice too, but a touch too sweet I thought. Blackberries give them a delicious “tart”-ness. |
Makes 12. |
hee i love your youtube vid!
I’m bad at naming things too – I had a cat called Puss and a puppy called Basil (after Basil Fawlty).
If someone had asked me to speak about “muff cakes” for 2 minutes, on or off cam, not sure I could have done it. Very random at times which made it even more enjoyable, well done! =)
P.S: I think I was right predicting your own YouTube channel. 😉
chocolatesuze: thanks honey 🙂
Greedy Diva: hey Basil isn’t bad, that’s got the same ring to it as Fergus… but Puss, ok that’s bordering of “Muff” territory!
David: LOL random is me, and you know what, I was trying to be less random and speak about just ONE topic!
Im crushing you really hard, muff cake 🙂
When are the babies gonna pop out?
You and you’re muff-cakes are adorable!
Yes, i remember that “everything ends in eee” conversation.
I also remember you adroitly pointing out that MY name ends in “eeee”
Kang: wow, I love the way you call me muff cake 😉
buddy pal: OMG I totally forgot your name ends with “eee” too! Hehehe.. that was a great conversation, one which has been imprinted in my memory forever, clearly. Can’t wait to see you x
ah, muff cakes. does sound very rude but loves it. i’m never one to tone down the dirty jokes 😉 lovely to have met u at FBC09 sweetheart and what pretty cakes! well done on their success. lots of love. x
diva: LOL thanks, lovely but y’know who knows, little kiddies may have stumbled on the blog and *I* dont want to be the one teaching them alternative words for “muff” 🙂
Hey sexy Catty!
I meant to leave a comment here when I first read this, but then planning FBC ’10 got in the way. Anyway, here I am. You know how much I love your site and your videos are totally hot! Wish I could bring myself to make videos – eek!
Anyway, just had to say I made some half muffins, half cupcakes a while back and I was going to call them muffcakes, but didn’t feel daring enough back then. However, my boyfriend went right ahead and left a comment calling them just that! Hilarious! See ‘cunningeye’ comment here: http://www.mowielicious.com/home/2009/08/coconut-and-cinnamon-celebration-muffins-with-lime-cream-frosting.html#comments
So funny in your video how you hesitated before saying it for the first time too =) Love it and love you xxx
Mowie you crack me up! Didn’t you go on video at #FBC09?? All it takes is a little start, soon you wil be the DAHling of the video world 😉
I was just directed here from Mowielicious.
OMG – your video is so awesome!
These sound so yummy 🙂
Kaitlin: hehe thank you!! 🙂