How and when the first cupcakes appeared, it is unlikely that anyone will be able to establish for certain. It is believed that they were prepared in ancient Rome, someone believes that their type was the gingerbread, which appeared in the 9th century.
One thing is clear: since the appearance of the cupcakes have become very popular, thanks to their delicate taste and relative ease of preparation.
Classic raisin cake recipe
This dish refers to simple homemade pastries. The main thing is to keep the correct proportions of butter, sugar and eggs. The recipe indicates raisins, which is added to the dough, but instead you can use any other dried fruits or nuts.
For a classic cake with raisins will need:
- 150 g butter;
- 150 grams of sugar;
- 4 chicken eggs;
- 100 g raisins;
- 20 g vanilla sugar;
- 10 g of baking powder;
- 250 g of flour;
- 20 grams of powdered sugar for sprinkling.
All culinary processes will take 1 hour: 15 minutes to knead the dough and 45 to bake.
A piece of cake weighing 100 g will add 337.9 kcal to a cup of tea.
Algorithm cooking:
- All dough kneading products must be at room temperature. Raisins must first be sorted, rinsed under running water and boiled water for 5-10 minutes;
- Rub butter with sugar (regular and vanilla) until smooth, then continue to rub four eggs one at a time;
- Following in the dough sent flour and baking powder;
- Drain water from raisins, dry it on a paper towel and roll in flour, then add to the dough. This trick will help him more evenly distributed in the total mass;
- Pour the dough into a special cake pan, lubricate its butter if necessary, and bake in the oven at 180-200 degrees. Sprinkle hot cakes on top with powdered sugar.
Cake with raisins on kefir: a simple recipe step by step
The use of kefir in the preparation of baking, too, has long been a classic. It makes the finished cupcake more light, airy and tender, balancing the density and fat content of butter. For lovers of baking "like fluff", a recipe for a kefir cake, which includes:
- 120 g butter;
- 1 egg;
- 250 g of sugar;
- 200 ml of kefir;
- 150 g of raisins;
- 10 g of baking powder;
- 3 g of vanilla;
- 600 g flour.
This cupcake will also be baked for 45 minutes, and the kneading of the dough will take 10-15 minutes.
The caloric content of such baking on kefir will be - 318.7 kcal / 100 g.
The course of action:
- Grind well-softened butter (just grind, not whip) with sugar. Then gently introduce the egg and grind as well;
- Pour the yogurt, stir until smooth and inject all the dry ingredients: baking powder, vanilla, flour;
- The last in the dough goes raisins. If it is too hard, you can soak it in hot water for a while;
- Pour the dough into the prepared form and bake in the oven preheated to 200 degrees. The finished cupcake may burst a little at the top, but this is not critical. If desired, it can be sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Stolichny cake with raisins: recipe according to GOST
Preparing a classic cupcake for this recipe is not difficult, the main thing is to correctly measure all the necessary ingredients. Otherwise, it may turn out to be a delicious cupcake too, but not according to GOST.
Kitchen scales or a measuring cup will help in it. The form for this baking can be taken any of the available ones, but the rectangular is used in the original recipe.
Ingredients you need:
- 175 g butter;
- 175 grams of powdered sugar;
- 175 g dark raisins;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 20 g vanilla sugar;
- 10 g of baking powder;
- 250 g of flour;
- 3 g of salt.
The time that will have to spend on baking will be 80-100 minutes, and another 15-20 minutes to knead the dough.
100 g of baking according to GOST will contain 354.7 kcal.
Baking steps:
- Whisk to rub the butter at room temperature with powdered sugar, vanilla sugar and salt;
- After that, turn on the mixer and, beating at low speed, enter the chicken eggs one at a time;
- Sift flour together with baking powder and in 3-4 doses, stir in the dough;
- Last steamed and dried raisins interfere;
- Pour the dough into a prepared rectangular shape, smooth and bake from 80 to 100 minutes at 170-180 degrees. Chilled cake sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Recipe for banana muffins with raisins in the oven
The aroma of banana baking can lead to culinary ecstasy, even before the finished product is removed from the oven. In the dough is better to add very ripe, and even overripe bananas.
If there are any in the fridge and nobody wants to eat them, then it is worth baking cupcakes from them, and a string of people willing to drink tea with them will be pulled into the kitchen.
For banana muffins such products are necessary:
- 6 bananas;
- 100 g butter;
- 200 g of sugar;
- 100 g raisins;
- 2 eggs;
- 2 tablespoons of rum;
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder;
- 5 g of salt;
- 400 g flour.
Dough kneading and baking cost about 80 minutes.
Calorie banana baking - 336.5 kcal / 100 g
Cooking sequence:
- Mix bananas crushed with a fork with melted butter, add sugar, beat with a blender and leave for 10 minutes;
- Then add the rest of the ingredients to the dough: eggs, rum, baking powder, salt, flour and raisins. All diligently mix;
- Put the dough in a prepared spoon (metal, silicone or paper) with a measuring spoon, so that it takes 2/3, let it stand and bake at 180 degrees for about 40 minutes.
Recipe for cottage cheese muffins with raisins in molds
The muffins made according to this recipe are not only tasty, but also very useful dessert thanks to the curd that is included in the composition. The dish can be the perfect afternoon for children from 2 years.
Products that are needed in the cooking process:
- 200 g of cottage cheese;
- 200 g of sugar;
- 160 g butter;
- 3 eggs;
- 60 g raisins;
- 1 tablespoon baking powder;
- 20 g vanilla sugar;
- 200 g of flour.
Baking time - 50-60 minutes.
Caloric content of 100 g will be 306.1 kcal.
The order of culinary processes:
- Eggs with sugar, beat into lush foam;
- Curd cheese through a fine sieve into the egg mixture, add vanilla sugar and beat with a mixer at medium speed;
- Continuing to whip, pour a thin stream of melted butter into the dough;
- Baking powder mixed with flour, add to the total mass. In the resulting thick homogeneous dough for cakes put clean steamed raisins and mix with a spatula;
- Spread the dough into forms and bake for 45 minutes at 180-200 degrees.
How to cook a chocolate cake with raisins in a slow cooker
This is a simple recipe for chocolate baking, which can be prepared using the slow cooker. If for previous recipes it is preferable to use dark raisins, then light dessert will be more suitable for this dessert. If desired, you can pour it on top with melted chocolate and decorate with confectionary dressing.
Ingredients for cooking:
- 150 g butter;
- 130 g of sugar;
- 3 eggs;
- 90 g of cocoa;
- 10 g of baking powder;
- 80 ml of milk;
- 100 g raisins;
- 150 grams of flour.
Cooking time will be 60-65 minutes.
The caloric content of 100 grams of chocolate cake is 326.2 kcal.
Dough kneading and baking:
- Beat butter with sugar, pour in milk and add chicken eggs one at a time;
- Pour the cocoa, baking powder and flour, the latter to mix in the raisins steamed and rolled in flour;
- Smear a bowl of multicooker, put dough in it and bake for 45 minutes in the mode "Baking" ("Cupcake" or "Steamer").
Useful tips
Modern hostesses for baking using iron, silicone and even paper forms. Each of them has its advantages and disadvantages. Confectioners love iron gadgets for their reliability and durability, but it is often difficult to get baking from them. To avoid this, the form must be oiled.
Silicone molds do not require lubrication, and baking of them goes much easier. But, if difficulties arise, it is enough to put a baking mold on a wet towel for a few minutes.
In paper forms, small cupcakes are baked. The advantage of such baking is that it does not use oil for lubrication, and you can eat it directly with your hands.
When making muffins in the dough, it is better to add powdered sugar or fine sugar, since the coarse will dissolve longer and you will have to rub it with oil for a longer time.
To make the filling (raisins, nuts, candied fruits or other dried fruits) in no case sink to the bottom, the dough should not be too thin. It is better if it is slightly thickish.
Icing sugar on top of a cupcake is not only part of the decor, but also a means to slow down the process of drying.
It will be much easier to get the finished baking out of the mold if it is completely cooled in the oven.
Another plus of the raisin cupcakes is that many of them (classic, on kefir, according to GOST) become tastier in a day, and not immediately after baking.
Another recipe for the muffin is in the next video.
