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Like many parents around the world, I spend a large part of each Saturday attending my children's sports games. Currently, we have soccer, netball and basketball teams to cheer for and encourage.
While rising early on a wintry Saturday morning to stand outside in the cold is not one of life's greatest pleasures, it does at least become bearable if there is a hot drink to sip and something high in carbs to eat.
Some entrepreneurial chaps have sensibly decided that parents like me are an easy target and they drive their coffee van right into my son's school. They have an espresso machine in the back of the van and they sell muffins and doughnuts to eat.
Sucker that I am for an attractive muffin or cupcake, I succumbed and spent too much on a raspberry and chunky chocolate muffin. It looks fabulous doesn't it?
Unfortunately, the muffin was a disappointment. Apart from the raspberry jam and chocolate studding the top, the rest of the muffin was bereft of either flavouring and was just cake.
"I can do better than this", I thought. So I went home and started experimenting.
Come back tomorrow and I'll share my recipe for raspberry and chunky white chocolate muffins. Yum!
3 messages and notes:
Many times while standing on the soccer sidelines, I wished for a hot cup of coffee and no one ever figured out how to meet our hot drink needs. Last year when I was in Sydney, I had my first cup of coffee from a coffee van. Brilliant! Share your muffin recipe with us! I like your blog!
After disappointments on the coffee front at sporting events, we take a thermos and usually something homemade to snack on. I'm looking forward to trying the rsapberry and chocolate muffins when you have finished experimenting. Another winning combination for us is chocolate and cherry ripe muffins...delicious warm.
I look forward to your recipe. Sounds like you like to experiment. I am just gaining enough confidence to start trying out ideas with cakes and slices.
I hate packet mixes and bought cakes, slices and muffins. I still like how Bakers Delight does Danish but I intend to eat that frog soon and make my own from scratch.
I hope you try freezing your muffins. Maybe you can get a bit of variety in the freezer and put a couple out to defrost the night before so you can take a selection to games.
Best wishes
Jen in NSW
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