I am all muffined up!

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have the tins the book ( form lakeland) and the cases ( mini)

will report back

Aaargh!
I had never checked this Lakeland website before, I just did as I have been trying to get hold of mini-muffin trays and was tempted by your yummy-sounding posts.

£20 later!! I have vowed not to visit the site again! At least not for another month or so...

yes I blew 17 int here this am

Cod; just saw youer q re pop-up paddling pools on 1st b'day thread, and have replied!

But will you still fit in a paddling pool after all this muffin scoffing???

You don't want to know how much I blew on the Lakeland site this morning but I think I can safely say I beat all of you

I'm with SoupDragon, I think you were both very restrained. I really want to go to the new shop at Windermere, apparently it's HUGE. Dh keeps teasing me about it ... he's been, and I haven't.

and the restaurant

Roisin

meet you there one day in the summer hols!

Did you get the flexible non metal tins?
Would be very interested to see how well those work

Restaurant in Cheadle does great sunday lunch .

Have mini muffin cases already but not book - please post some nice recipes for me Coddy?

have hard ones
couldnt find the floppy ones and ds3 was sQuwaking
My mum had them tho

floppy tins bad. Just too floppy.

Raspberry muffins here are doing very well, dd and friend had one each (and me too ), amd sending some to friend's mum (don't want to be the only one to inflate )

Bagpuss - I have on a Word document Susan Reimer's basic muffin recipe (and helpful hints) with variations/additions: i.e. lemon, choc chip, etc. If you send me a CAT, I'll email it to you.

But the book is fab - get hold of it if you can.

now why did mine stick tot he bottom of the cases then?

Easy: A MN meet-up at the Lakeland shop? Now there's an idea! The coffee is the best I've come across in Cumbria.

(Do you come across this way often? I had you down as Yorkshire/Derbyshire, is that right?)

why?
( whines in the manner of a pre schooler)

Coddy, I was about to answer, but I'm not going to respond to that tone of voice.

Have you let them cool before taking the case off coddy? If they still stick when cool they might be slightly under-cooked, you could try an extra 5 mins in the oven next time.

roisin, have sent you a CAT. Thanks .

IME little ones do tend to stick a bit more than big ones, and some recipes - are more prone to sticking too. I think the 'basic' recipes are more likely to stick, especially choc chip. Also spiced apple usually stick: but don't let that put you off, as they are gorgeous. (Do you have big tins as well btw? Some muffins don't work particularly well as little ones - summer fruits is certainly one.)

Cooking them for slightly longer should make them a bit firmer, and less likely to stick.

But I 'serve' mine still in their muffin papers, so punters just have to peel their own off anyway, and rescue the stuck bits if they want!

yes I like scraping off hte left-overs with my gnashers.

Hmm will wonder about htta then

Coddy - I hated Nigella's Banana Muffins as well - in fact no-one liked them, put them out for the birds and they didn't touch them either

Can thoroughly recommend Nigella's Lemon Syrup Loaf - absolutely delicious!

DD2 and I are having a "cooking" day on Friday - perhaps I'll sneak in some Raspberry and lemon muffins

yes freind of mine said they were crap for her too

so its not just us! lol re birds, the foxes didnt want dh's leftover cabbage soup once!

have you done the millionaires shortbread? do double quatity of rhte basea sthe filling the way she fdoes it is too thick

hate her effin metric