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Serendipity Muffins – Φανουρο-μάφιν!

August 26, 2016 - 7 Comments

“The way the… muffin crumbles”
Serendipity Muffins | Kicking Back the Pebbles

What are the Serendipity Muffins, I hear you ask. One of the very first recipes I shared here on the blog was that for a traditional Greek Saint Fanourios’ Cake. The mystical story behind said recipe holds that on the night of August 26th, women bake a Fanouropita [Fa-nu-ró-peeh-ta] in preparation for Saint Fanourios’ day. On August 27th, the day when the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Saint, they take it to church to be blessed during Mass and share it, after dismissal, with the rest of the congregation. (The name “Fanourios” [Fa-nú-reeh-os] comes from the verb “fanerono,” which means “to reveal” in Greek).

Even though called a “pita” (meaning a pie) it is essentially a cake baked with no milk, butter, or eggs because it is supposed to be appropriate for fasting. Tradition holds that it should only have 7 or 9 main ingredients—the recipe I’m giving you has 9 if we don’t count water & leavening agents.

The cake is supposed to be an offering to Saint Fanourios in exchange for his help on revealing a lost item, it being anything from actual valuables to something more abstract like love, happiness, joy, or world peace. But even though I have yet to attest to its mystical success, I keep baking it every single year because it serves both as a sweet memory of me, mom, and grandma baking away in the kitchen and as a scrumptious, soft & light cake that is also vegetarian/vegan and cholesterol-free.

Want to add a fun twist to the entire thing? I tweaked the cake into muffins! Let’s call them Serendipity Muffins, shall we?!

Serendipity Muffins

Athina
Print Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 22 minutes mins
TOTAL COOKING TIME FOR 2 BATCHES 44 minutes mins
Course Cakes
Cuisine Greek
Servings 24 muffins

Ingredients
  

Bowl 1

  • 4 cups flour (1 kg/2.2 lb)
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp ground Ceylon cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground clove
  • ¼ tsp salt

Bowl 2

  • 1 cup water (250 ml/8.45 Fl.oz)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup sugar (250 g/8.8 oz)
  • 1 cup & 2 tbsp orange juice (280 ml/9.46 Fl.oz)
  • 1 cup vegetable oil (250 ml/8.45 Fl.oz)

Add-ons

  • 2 tsp orange zest
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts, almonds or pecans (125 g/4.4 oz)
  • ½ cup raisins (125 g/4.4 oz)

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder, cinnamon, clove, and salt.
  • Dissolve the baking soda into the water and add it into a new bowl. Whisk in the sugar, orange juice, and vegetable oil.
  • Add the flour mix to the oil mix and fold together until you end up with a smooth cake batter.
  • Add the orange zest, nuts & raisins.
  • Use muffin liners in a non-stick muffin pan, fill each cup with 1 scoop of batter, and bake in a preheated oven at 430 °F/220 °C for 22 minutes per batch.
  • Remove muffins from pan, allow to cool, and dust with powdered sugar (optional).
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Φανουρο-μάφιν!

Athina
Print Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 22 minutes mins
Συνολικος χρονος ψησιματος για 2 παρτιδες 44 minutes mins
Course Γλυκά, Κέικ
Cuisine Ελληνική
Servings 24 μάφιν

Ingredients
  

Μπολ 1

  • 4 φλιτζάνια αλεύρι για όλες τις χρήσεις (1 κιλό)
  • 4 κουταλάκια του γλυκού μπέικιν πάουντερ
  • ½ κουταλάκι του γλυκού κανέλα Κεϋλάνης
  • ¼ κουταλάκι του γλυκού γαρίφαλο τριμμένο
  • ¼ κουταλάκι του γλυκού αλάτι

Μπολ 2

  • 1 φλιτζάνι νερό (250 ml)
  • 1 κουταλάκι του γλυκού μαγειρική σόδα
  • 1 φλιτζάνι ζάχαρη (250 γραμ.)
  • 1 φλιτζάνι & 2 κουταλιές της σούπας χυμό πορτοκάλι (280 ml)
  • 1 φλιτζάνι σπορέλαιο (250 ml)

Πρόσθετα

  • 2 κουταλάκια του γλυκού ξύσμα πορτοκαλιού
  • ½ φλιτζάνι σταφίδες ξανθές (125 γραμ.)
  • ½ φλιτζάνι καρύδια η αμύγδαλα τριμμένα (125 γραμ.)

Instructions
 

  • Σε ένα μπολ κοσκινίζετε το αλεύρι με το μπέικιν, την κανέλα, το γαρίφαλο και το αλάτι.
  • Σε ένα άλλο μπολ ανακατεύετε το νερό, στο οποίο έχετε διαλύσει από πριν τη σόδα, με τη ζάχαρη, την πορτοκαλάδα, και το λάδι.
  • Προσθέτετε το αλεύρι και συνεχίζετε να ανακατεύετε μέχρι να δημιουργηθεί μια ζύμη σαν αυτή του κέικ.
  • Τέλος, προσθέτετε το ξύσμα, τα καρύδια (ή τα αμύγδαλα) και τις σταφίδες.
  • Χρησιμοποιείστε ταψί για muffin/cupcake, με θήκες (καραμελόχαρτο) και ψήστε σε προθερμασμένο φούρνο, στους στους 220 °C για 22 λεπτά.
  • Αφήνετε τα μάφιν να κρυώσουν & πασπαλίζετε με ζάχαρη άχνη (προαιρετικά).
athina

Comments

  1. maraki4 says

    November 14, 2016 at 11:08

    Hi Athina!!! I love the fanouro-muffin! Such a nice idea!!! Filia!

    Reply
    • Athina says

      November 15, 2016 at 02:40

      Thank you Maria. They were made on a day when we were craving cupcakes but had no milk, no butter and no eggs in the fridge. It was a rainy Sunday too and in no way was I getting out of my jimjams to search for an open store! They were the next best thing…

      Reply
  2. Kouzounas Kitchen says

    November 12, 2016 at 05:29

    Love love love!

    Reply
    • Athina says

      November 12, 2016 at 20:24

      Thanks girl! If you ever try them let me know what you think!

      Reply
      • Kouzounas Kitchen says

        November 12, 2016 at 20:41

        🙂 🙂

        Reply
  3. evi@thehealthycook says

    August 28, 2016 at 11:45

    Τέλεια ιδέα! Και τι ωραίο όνομα που τους έδωσες!!

    Reply
    • Athina says

      August 28, 2016 at 13:13

      Ευχαριστώ Εύη!! Εμένα μου άρεσε πολύ η παραλλαγή σου με τα κρανμπερι και το λάδι καρύδας, και θα δοκιμάσω άμεσα τη συνταγή! Όσο για το όνομα, ήμουν κι εγώ πολύ περήφανη που το σκέφτηκα, χαχαχαχα!

      Reply

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A stalwart bookworm, English & American Literature graduate, EFL/ESOL teacher. I juggled teaching and working as an executive secretary, in a big advertising company and a law firm, for several years. I’m a freelance writer, line editor, and blogger as of lately. Also, a bit ironic by nature but, all in all, quite easy-going. Partner to 1 & mother to 3 cats. I once tried to give up coffee and then swore not to make that mistake again!

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