Coffee Cake Muffins … addicted to food blogging!
Addicted to food blogs & blogging, that’s what I am! Try it & I’m sure you’ll have one happy family, happy in the foodie way anyway. They might whinge at the amount of time you spend on the net, but ‘up’ always comes with ‘down’, somewhat like yin-yang! I often strive to balance it, & bring in some sort of harmony! 
Foodie blogs are a-bursting with good food & good ideas. Never at a loss of ideas as to what to make, there are temptations that are doable some of the time; at other times, there’s plenty of eye candy. The good thing behind all this is the personal touch; the feeling that you know the person behind the blog, & can touch base at the drop of a line! YAY for BLOGGING!!
One such stopover at Peabody’s Culinary Concoctions had me hook, line & sinker. She made the most delicious looking Coffee Cake Cupcakes , frosted beautifully, & I dreamt of them all night. The idea was brilliant!
The first thing the next morning, waved goodbye to the kids, & headed off to chop walnuts! Many happy moments later, these muffins were born! Made them from this Streusel Coffee Cake I had posted AGES ago, adapted from the ‘Joy of Baking‘. 
The only thing I left out was the orange rind, because I didn’t have an orange on hand. Frosted them with a Caramelized Brown Butter Frosting, recipe from an earlier DB challenge … a recipe I have come to love & use more often than I really should. The ease of this frosting, & the speed at which it gets whipped up continues to win me over! The original recipe was a Shuna Fish Lydon @ Eggbeaters, one which was part of a DB challenge for her signature Caramel Cake some time ago! The original frosting was a tad TOO sweet, & I’ve learnt to play around with the ingredients on this one. The sea salt tends to cut the sweetness.
It has a great flavour, unique in it’s own delicious way, & I am always happy to use some caramel which is still stored in my fridge. Very handy indeed (the recipe can be found in this post here). I eyeball the amounts for the frosting, generally throwing in a bit of each & tasting it as I go along. 
COFFEE CAKE MUFFINS
Ingredients:
1 ¾ cups Flour
1 tsp Baking powder
½ tsp Baking soda
3/4 cup Butter 2/3 cup Sugar (the original recipe has 3/4 cup)
2 Eggs ; large
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Juice of ½ lime
Streusel:
1 tbsp Flour
Method:
Line the muffin tray. (Grease & flour the tray if you are not using muffin liners) . Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
Did I tell you this frosting was positively A D D I C T I V E? Try it at your own risk!!
BROWN BUTTER CARAMEL FROSTING
Adapted from the Daring Bakers challenge here
Ingredients:
1/2 cup browned butter (I use clarified butter or ghee) ; at room temperature/soft
1/4 cup cream (25% fat)
1/2 cup – 3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 Tbsp caramel syrup
Pinch of sea salt
Method:
- Beat them all together until thick. Adjust for sweetness. Pipe onto muffins!
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Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
38 Comments
Cakelaw
These are gorgeous Deeba! And perfect for Valentines Day with the sweet little hearts on top.
Sara
These are so cute and festive! I’m sure they taste delicious too.
Nags
How did the DYI home studio lights turn out eventually? Should i go through the trouble too?
Cakespy
Oh Deeba. You know these muffins are right up my alley…the kind with frosting are the BEST ones in my opinion!! And you’ve decorated them so prettily. I wish I had one now!
Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella
They’re SO cute Deeba! I love the pink hearts and sprinkles 😀
noble pig
Deeba they are beautiful…so, so cute…you are so talented with all your beautiful posts.
phanitha
These look soo beautiful…en your clicks are too good…
MeetaK
these look simply irresistible. perfect little treats for when i come to visit! LOL!
Mary
Deeba they look so nice and delicious!
Ben
I have the same addiction, but it is a good one, isn’t it? I always get inspiration while visiting my foodie friends and that is the best part of the day. Great recipe btw!
The Blonde Duck
I’ve been on a serious muffin kick lately! These look great!
Akal's Saappadu
these muffins look great! yummy yummy! first time here,you’ve got an amazing collection !!!
wow! great work!
Dharm
These muffins look simply delicious!! And your right about the family complaining about spending too much time blogging – but its fun isnt it!!
Asha
Yeah! Tell me about it!! I was crazy too 2 yrs ago and blogged non-stop for for 11/2 yrs and then one day crashed and ran off!!:D
Now, I have rules for myself, comment selectively and take frequent breaks, it works! 🙂
Coffee cakes, my fave. muffins look fab as usual. Enjoy.
Barbara Bakes
Great idea! I’ve already started thinking of all the possibilities!
Núria
Deeba, your family should be grateful you blog about food and not about decoration ;D.
These muffins look adorable… they could easily be found at the Alice in Wonderland’s non birthday table!!!
As always… I love the pictures♥
Happy cook
Beautiful muffins deeba. Well i would say perfect too.
Shyama is sick so she is near to me in the sofa and she saw your last bunch pictures and she was like mama it looks so beautiful why don’t you also do like this. ANd i replied to her my dear daughter i don’t have talent to do all these things 🙂
I say it again your pictures are magnificient.
Jeanne
Oh Deeba, those are just toooooo lovely! And I am crazy abtou the Garfield goodies 🙂 Garfield was my absolutely favourite for years and years, and I always love it when you use Garfield quotes on the blog!
Dawn
wow! You went all out on this one! Deeba these are absolutely fabulous my dear. I just love the pretty photos. I bet they tasted insanely good.
Manggy
I’m sure eating such sweet treats your family has nothing to whinge about 🙂
newlyweds
How beautiful!! I could eat the screen. I want one badly!
Maria
Those look quite delicious! Beautiful, tasty Valentine’s perfection. I was just about to head into the kitchen and bake some mini cupcakes for my daughter’s pre-school class to celebrate Valentine’s Day tomorrow. Thanks for the inspiration!
Bharti
Yummy yummy yummy! And yes Yah for blogging!
Reeni♥
They are so beautiful and scrumptious looking!! I love blogging and I know my family is loving all the good food I am cooking up. And we love it when you blog so we can look at your lovely creations and read your wonderful words.
cindy : quaint
thank you so much for visiting our blog, today. yours is new to me and it is wonderful. i love all the things you bake and your gorgeous photos. see you again.
lisa (dandysugar)
Wow, such a decadent coffee cake, Deeba! And with the caramel frosting, it’s over the top! Would love a bite just about now!
Uj
They looks so cute .. very nice presentation. Feels like grabbing one right away 🙂
A_and_N
How many desserts do you make per day, Deeba? 😀
noobcook
Love the beautiful pink, they are very sweet looking ^^
Jamie
I am both a food blogging addict and a coffee cake freak. I did see these on her blog and yours are really gorgeous all dressed up for Valentine’s Day. Now I gotta make them.
Maya
These are adorable. Great V-day breakfast.
muralimanohar
OMG…I LOVE coffee cake. And these are perfectly portion size! I rarely cook sweets anymore, though, thanks to a diabetic son. 🙁 I wonder how I can make them work?
diva
EEEK!! deeba, it’s so cute so cute. i love 🙂 xxxx
Nicisme
Yay for having a great addiction!
These are wonderful, especially that topping and frosting.
I’m going to dream of these all night and I’m gonna blame YOU!
Rosie
These are gorgeous Deeba! A perfect cupcake for Valentine’s Day!
Rosie x
Poornima Nair
Love Coffee Cakes…urs looks so beautiful…
Ivy
They all look so beautiful, your family must be very happy with all these beautiful things you make.
Mike of Mike's Table
I love coffee cake, and something about having these in muffin form makes it seem more breakfast friendly to me…that is, I’d feel guilty about eating something called “cake” for breakfast. These, I wouldn’t think twice about–they sound amazing!