Have you been searching for the perfect bakery style light and fluffy muffin recipe? Look no further these raspberry and white chocolate muffins tick all the boxes. These muffins have a perfect texture and moreish flavour. With the tang of the raspberry balanced with the sweetness of the white chocolate.
Follow our step by step guide as we share our chef secrets to recreating these delicious treats.
Ever had the perfect muffin from the bakery or cafe and felt inspired to recreate the fluffy, moist, tasty delights at home. Then you will love this muffin recipe! For another bakery favourite take a look at our homemade Cinnabon recipe too!
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Ingredients
For these muffins you will need:
Dry ingredients
- Plain flour - just standard plain flour is fine.
- Soft brown sugar
- Baking powder
Wet ingredients
- Eggs
- Oil - Canola or any non flavoured oil.
- Milk - we use full fat cows milk but you can substitute for your milk of choice. Though we recommended not using a milk with a strong flavour.
- Vanilla essence.
Flavour ingredients
- Raspberries - fresh or frozen, if using frozen allow to defrost first.
- White chocolate - use chips or chopped up pieces.
- Rolled oats - an optional topping to sprinkle on top.
For full weights and measurements see recipe card below.
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Measuring the ingredients
Its important to point out that all measurements are in grams even the liquids. Trust us, while you may be used to measuring in different measures, grams will give you the most accurate quantities and the perfect mix. Most scales allow you to easily switch measurements, simply change the setting to grams and measure away!
The secret to the perfect light and fluffy muffins
This is absolutely a top secret from a chef, in fact its straight from the flour dusted, pastry department of any top eatery or hotel. There's almost a feeling of not wanting to share, but we will and we are excited to show you how to create the perfect muffins at home.
So the secret is to mix the dry and wet ingredients together with your hands!
Simply ditch the spoons, spatulas and use your hands! We have all read 'do not over mix', but this doesn't explain it enough. Use your hands like paddles to turn the mixture over, aim for three to five stirs and no more than eight. It wont be completely combined and it's going to be very tempting to do a few quick additional mixes but seriously stop! Let the mix sit for a while, around 10-15 minutes. Then as you scoop the batter out make sure you take a mixture of ingredients and the batter will continue to combine as it cooks.
Instructions
Four simple steps to creating these delicious raspberry and white chocolate muffins:
- Measure out the dry, wet and flavour ingredients into separate bowls.
- Place the wet and flavours ingredients into the dry ingredient bowl.
- Mix all the ingredients using your hands to turn the ingredients over. Aim for 5 stirs but no more than 8. Allow the mixture to rest for 10 minutes.
- Spoon mixture into muffin tray and bake at 165°c / 330°F for 30-34 minutes. Place on a cooling rack and enjoy!
The hard part is waiting for these muffins to cool before trying!
Our top tips for baking the perfect muffins
So we have shared with you our number one top secret to the perfect bakery style muffins.
There are a few other points that will impact the quality of your muffins.
- Filling your muffing cases right to the top (never mind ¾ full). This will give you a great muffin top.
- The batter thickness and ingredient ratios is important, but rather than bore you with the science of it, just make sure you measure out your ingredients accurately.
Storage
Once cooled store the muffins in an airtight container. They will stay fresh for â…” days. These muffins also freeze well. Freeze in a sealed airtight container and defrost at room temperature. Making them a great option of lunchboxes.
Right let's not hold you back any longer from your muffin epiphany. We will just leave the perfect recipe for you below. You're welcome!
Enjoy!
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Our goal is to share simple, tasty dishes created by Chef Shane and partner, Sara. Using Shane's understanding of flavours and knowledge of food, to teach and inspire you to create delicious food everyday and gain a new level of confidence in the kitchen. Sara understands what it's like preparing weekly dinners for a busy family of five and likes to create dishes that are easy, full of flavour and that the whole family will enjoy.
Happy baking!
Recipe
Raspberry & White Chocolate Muffins
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 415 g Plain flour
- 115 g Soft brown sugar
- 20 g Baking powder
Wet Ingredients
- 2 Eggs
- 125 g Oil
- 275 g Milk
- 10 g Vanilla essence
Flavour Ingedients
- 300 g Raspberries (If using frozen allow to defrost)
- 200 g White chocolate chips
Optional topping
- Rolled oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 165°c / 330°F. Prepare the muffin tray.
- Sift the flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl, then add the sugar and mix well.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the wet ingredients.
- Measure the flavour ingredients into a separate bowl.
- Add the wet and flavour ingredients into the large mixing bowl, with the dry ingredients.
- Use your hand to mix the ingredients together, but do not over mix. Aim for â…— stirs with your hand but no more then 8! Allow the mixture to rest for 10-15 minutes. See note 1.
- Scoop the mixture into the 12 cases, filling them to the top. Optional - Sprinkle each muffin with some oats.
- Bake in the oven for 30-34 mins, depending on your oven, your cooking time will vary slightly. So keep an eye on them at the end, if an inserted skewer comes out clean you know they are ready.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes then remove from tray and place on cooling rack (cooling them in the tray would create damp bottom and sides).
- Enjoy!
Tara
Oh yum! I love the texture of these muffins! They sound incredible with the combination of raspberry and white chocolate.
Mirlene
The perfect muffin for breakfast paired with my morning coffee. Love this white chocolate treat
Andrea
I absolutely love how these muffins are packed with raspberries and white chocolate. They look marvelous!
Sara Welch
Enjoyed these for breakfast this morning and they did not disappoint! Quick, easy and delicious; my kids loved getting a little treat for breakfast, indeed!
N Pinger
Where is the converter from grams to cups?
Sara-Jane Bowness
We have kept this recipe in grams for the most accurate measure, which is really important for the correct batter mix. Hopefully you have scales that can switch to grams, even we find it odd measuring the liquids in grams at times but the end results will be worth it!
Alexandra
Perfect. I halved the recipe and added flaked coconut and almonds.
Sara-Jane Bowness
Nice additions! And so glad you enjoyed them, its one of our favourites 🙂 Sara
Denise
I followed your recipe to the tee and they came out perfect as promised - great recipe lass. Ben baking for about 40 years and this is definitely a keeper😉
Sara-Jane Bowness
Denise thank you for your comment. So glad you found and loved the recipe, they really are so good and a family favourite. And I love that once you have the base recipe you can switch up the flavour ingredients for whatever you have available. Enjoy! Sara 🙂
Tom Sharpe
Hi! I can’t wait to try these. I’m in the U.K., would the temperature for a fan oven be 165 Celsius or 145?
Sara-Jane Bowness
Hi Tom! I have personally never baked these on the fan setting and would recommend using the bake setting of your oven only. But depending on your oven, if you were to use fan then yes lower the temperature and keep an eye on them. Let me know how they turn out. Sara
Cherie Bowler
My husband's new favourite.
Sara-Jane Bowness
Yeah, we love finding a new favourite! So glad he enjoyed them, they really are too good!