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Muffins & Musicals!

Well its been a little while since I was here and I can only put that down to being busy :-)
I have been getting back into life by rehearsing for Soul Factor's next Broadway Concerts "You're the Top" which is on the 17th August, then I've had some gigs, work and even a little bit of filming so life is interesting at the moment!

But today I thought I would do something different and give you a recipe. Now you may wonder why but I do love to bake and for over a year now I have also been fructose free or sugar free for those playing at home. Now while I still do cook with sugar for those others in my life I do love to try and/or create sugar free recipes.  My initial contact with going sugar free was by reading the book "Sweet Poison" by David Gillespie and David likes to substitute sugar with dextrose which is pure glucose (with out the fructose that table sugar has).  It can be a little tricky to work with but I do like to work with it to. So the recipe I have put below is a recipe that I adapted to be sugar free and as I also added protein powder we can just say these are good for you :-)

Vanilla & Raspberry Sugar-free Muffins

Serves: 12
Preparation time: 15 minutes


Ingredients

2 1/2 cups Self Raising Flour
3/4 cup Dextrose
1 tsp Vanilla Essance
2 scoop of Vanilla Protein Powder
2/3 cup of Olive Oil (or coconut oil)
3/4 cup milk
1 egg (lightly beaten)
3/4 cup rasperries (or more to taste)

Method
  1. Pre-heat oven to 190 °C
  2. Sift flour and stir in dextrose and protein powder
  3. Add vanilla, oil, egg and milk
  4. Stir with wooden spoon until just smooth. Add a little extra milk if required.
  5. Add Raspberries and combine
  6. Spoon mixture into lined muffin tins.
  7. Bake at 190 °C for 25-30 mins until cooked through.


Hope you enjoy them! the dextrose makes them a little more cakey but they are delicious!

Well I am off, constantly singing music from Little Mermaid, Newsies, Princess & the Frog, Bye Bye Birdie and more. Yes these are a couple of the shows we will be singing songs from in the Soul Factor Concerts. If you can come along I am sure you would have a fabulous time.  The set is cabaret style so get some friends together, book a table and bring nibbles and drinks while you sing along!

If you want to know more or want to book tickets click on the poster below!


Have a fabulous week!

Bec x

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