Blueberry Yoghurt Muffins

My dad has been asking me to bake some fruit muffins for him. It was almost 2 weeks ago then. :P I felt kind of bad the previous time I went back to visit my parents...empty handed! I know it'll sound like an excuse if I tell him I'm too busy to bake. :P Furthermore it wasn't anything hard to do...probably 2 hours tops. So this weekend I made it a point to complete his "order" before it slips out of my mind again. Something not too sweet, so I went with simple Blueberry Yogurt Muffins...sort of a classic choice. :) Good thing I was meeting with my parents for dinner on Saturday, they can have these for breakfast on Sunday morning. :)

I guess besides banana bread, blueberry muffins are probably one of those most frequently baked cake at home. :) Even if fresh berries are not available, frozen ones will do just as fine. :) For me, I simply couldn't resist, but to buy a large box of fresh blueberries during my last trip back to California, brought it all the way back home to Singapore and freeze 3/4 of them. Now I have blueberries to bake all year round, heehee. ;P

Blueberry Yogurt Muffins
85g unsalted butter
150g cake flour
200g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
215g caster sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
100ml fresh milk
150 non-fat blueberry yogurt
1.5 cups fresh / frozen blueberries

Method:

• Preheat the oven 180°C. Line a standard muffin tray with paper cups.
• Cream the butter, sugar in a large mixing bowl till light and fluffy, about 3 mins.
• Add eggs, one at a time to the mixture and beat till well mixed.
• In a bowl, mix the yogurt and milk together and set aside. In another bowl, sieve flour, baking powder and salt together, set aside.
  
• Into the egg mixture, add the 1/3 milk yogurt mixture and mix well. Then add 1/4 of flour mixture and mix well. Repeat till all is combined but do not over mix.
• Lastly add the blueberries in gently. Then pour the batter into the paper cups and bake the muffins in the oven for 25 minutes till golden brown and tester comes out clean.

I love the moist texture of the muffins and the blueberries give it a slight tang to counter the sweetness.

I'm not sure if it's just me, but do you find that those blueberries look "purplish"? Always thought they are blue...until now! Lol! BTW, I better call my dad later and check if he likes it ...whether I pass his QC. :) Blue or purple, they are plum and juicy, yum! Do ahead and bake a batch of muffins for your love ones today. ;)