{"id":6476,"date":"2019-07-18T10:15:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/?p=6476"},"modified":"2019-11-21T17:08:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T17:08:54","slug":"indulgent-biscoff-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/?p=6476","title":{"rendered":"Indulgent Biscoff Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #e59191;\">If you&#8217;re a Biscoff fan then you&#8217;ll be obsessed over these. They are as far from &#8220;healthy&#8221; as you can probably get but I am a strong believer in balance and flexibility when it comes to food. Eat your greens and eat some cake&#8230; specifically these muffins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"shortcode-ingredients\"><h3>Ingredients<\/h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">{Makes 9 large muffins \/ 12 smaller cupcakes}<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">150g golden caster sugar\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">150g unsalted butter (softened)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">3 large, free range eggs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">150g self raising flour\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">1 tsp baking powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">1 tsp vanilla extract\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">1 tablespoon of smooth Lotus Biscoff Spread<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Buttercream Topping<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"qty\" data-metric=\"175g \" data-imperial=\"6oz \">150g unsalted butter (softened)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"qty\" data-metric=\"350g \" data-imperial=\"12oz \">325g\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ing\">Icing Sugar\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"qty\" data-metric=\"200g \" data-imperial=\"7oz \">3 tablespoons of smooth\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ing\">Lotus Biscoff Spread<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"qty\" data-metric=\"2-3 tbsp \" data-imperial=\"2-3 tbsp \">2 tbsp<\/span><span class=\"ing\">Milk (Whole)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">9 Lotus Biscuits (if making large muffins &#8211; 12 if making smaller cupcakes)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>*If you have a piping bag then use this when icing, and an ice-cream scoop when spooning out the muffin mix*<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7938.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7938-862x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7938-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7938-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7938-768x913.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7938-500x594.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7938-46x55.jpg 46w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7938-750x891.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7938-1320x1569.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><div class=\"shortcode-directions instructions\"><h3>Directions<\/h3><\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"instructions\">\n<li class=\"instruction\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Preheat your oven to 180&#8242; and line your muffin tin with muffin \/ cupcake cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In a large bowl beat the caster sugar and butter together till light and fluffy. Fold in the eggs, vanilla and Biscoff spread. When these are combined fold in the flour and baking powder.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Spoon out the mixture into the prepared cases and bake for about 25 minuets until golden and springy to the touch. Meanwhile make the buttercream topping by combining the icing sugar, butter, Biscoff spread and milk together. Beat these together using an electric whisk until super fluffy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">When the cakes are done leave to cool completely. When they are cool take a small sharpe knife and scoop out the centre of each bun. Fill the piping bag full of the buttercream mixture (or just use a teaspoon) fill the hole with the cream and then top with the sponge you removed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Complete your muffins by piping \/ spooning the buttercream mix onto each muffin. Then break the biscuits into 2\/3, top each muffin with the bigger bit of the biscuit and crumble the rest over top.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7933.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7933-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7933-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7933-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7933-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7933-41x55.jpg 41w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7933-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7933-1320x1760.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a Biscoff fan then you&#8217;ll be obsessed over these. They are as far from &#8220;healthy&#8221; as you can probably get but I am a strong believer in balance and flexibility when it comes to food. Eat your greens and eat some cake&#8230; specifically these muffins.\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sharing_disabled":false,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[82,14,83,17,80,76],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_7924.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parMdm-1Gs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6476"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6481,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476\/revisions\/6481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatfionaeats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}