Poppy Seed Muffins with Lemon Curd

Poppy seed muffins hiding a little pocket of lemon lusciousness inside. I love lemon flavoured sweet treats – and this one is so easy. Perfect morning or afternoon tea, they also make great lunchbox fillers.

Make your own lemon curd if you like, but if you use a jar of store bought curd this is a 10 minute job that results in café style muffins that everyone will love.

I love these muffins, but you can change it up if you like. The base muffin recipe here is fairly simple, and you can change the ingredients to make your own creations. Orange instead of lemon, or omit the lemon and poppy seed altogether, add half a cup of chocolate chips to the mix and fill with Nutella instead of lemon curd for a delectable chocolate version.  Once you start experimenting you’ll see how easy making cafe quality muffins can be!

Poppy Seeds Muffins with Lemon Curd

These muffins are made with yoghurt, which keeps them super moist and also have a delicious lemon surprise inside.

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Servings: 12 muffins

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups plain flour
• ¾ cups sugar
• ⅓ cup poppy seeds
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp bicarbonate soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 eggs
• 250 g vanilla yogurt
• juice and finely grated rind of 1 lemon
• ¼ cup milk
• 12 tbsp lemon curd (store bought or home-made)

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 200 C (180 fan forced). Spray a non-stick muffin tray with olive oil spray or line with paper cases.
2. Mix the flour, sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder, bicarb soda and salt in a large bowl.
3. Mix the eggs, yoghurt, lemon rind and juice and milk in another bowl. Whisk until smooth.
4. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and fold in. Mix until just combined, overmixing will result in dense muffins.
5. Spoon enough mixture into each muffin cavity to half fill. Add a tbsp of lemon curd, then top with more muffin mixture to seal.
6. Cook for 15 – 20 minutes, or until golden and cooked through.
7. Serve dusted with icing sugar and a little extra lemon curd if desired.