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Soft and plump with a flawless bloom over their translucent skin, Victoria plums are just too delicious to resist. Britain’s best known and undoubtedly favourite variety was first discovered in a village called Alderton in Sussex, reaching the market in 1844 under the name of Denyer’s Victoria. The name ‘Victoria’ comes from Queen Victoria (1819 – 1901).
I love Victoria plums and was so excited to see the egg shaped blushed fruits, ideal for both culinary and dessert use at Epsom market this week.
Victoria plums are a low calorie fruit with a low glycemic index score. So even though they are sweet, eating plums isn’t likely to cause unhealthy spikes in your blood sugar levels. They are an excellent source of vitamin C, which fortifies the bodys defence against infection and increases the amount of energy-giving iron that we absorb from food.
Celebrate Victoria plums this August with my delicious plum and cinnamon muffins. A fantastic way to sneak fruit into childrens diets. My fifteen month old can not get enough of these mouthwatering muffins.
Time: 40 mins
Makes: 12 muffins
Ingreidents
115g unsalted butter/margarine
300g self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
250g caster sugar
2 eggs
250ml greek yogurt
300g Victoria plums stoned and chopped
Preparation Method
- Preheat oven to 190C / gas 5. Line a muffin tin with 12 large paper cases.
- In a large mixing bowl combine butter and sugar until soft.
- Add self raising flour, baking powder and cinnamon and mix together thoroughly.
- Add the yogurt and eggs and whisk together.
- Gently stir in plums with a wooden spoon. Don’t overmix, any lumps will keep the muffins light.
- Spoon batter into the muffin cases.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown and risen. Cool in tins for a few minutes before transferring to wire rack.
Congratulations to our rescue cat Otis for making ‘Paws’ Battersea Dogs & Cats home magazine. He is pictured sitting on his favourite hand crocheted blanket in front of my cookbooks.
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Thank you so much par this season recipe – and congratulations for the beautiful cat – I wish you a nice week – france 🙂
Thank you. I hope you are well and that you enjoy the recipe. xx
yummy & plummy!
They are indeed Annabelle. I’m taking my little one to a teddy bears picnic today with her toddler group so the muffins are packed and ready to go. Have a fantastic week. xx
You too. A teddy bear picnic sounds like amazing fun!
Congrats for Otis! The muffins look mouth-watering.
Otis is the star of SurreyK! Wishing you a fantastic week. xx
Wonderful muffins and the plums look so juicy. It has been a good fruit tree year here in the Southern USA. I have some plums in my kitchen and I need to go make something wonderful like you have done.
Thanks Teresa. Enjoy your plums. Home grown plums are too good to waste. Have a wonderful week. Emma xx
Hope the teddy bear picnic went well….It sounds like a lovely idea for a post! What did the little girls eat?
The picnic was very sweet. The title ones ate rice cakes, strawberries, chopped up pieces of cheese and cucumber and so on. The funniest part is they just want what another baby is eating. Typical kids! xx
Hi Emma–sounds charming! just saw the cutest thing in a kids’ recipe book, Welsh rabbit made to look like a bunny face–use half a toasted “English Muffin” (crumpet?) with melted cheese on top then add snow pea ears, round pea eyes, olive nose, chive whiskers, scallion teeth and a long carrot as a mouth! xx