Coconut-mandarin muffins

Here's the recipe for some quick yet delicious muffins (das Rezept auf deutsch findet ihr hier). They quickly became an all-time favourite with my Canadian flatmates. And now that I'm back in Germany, they serve as a yummy reminder of a year in Ottawa...

(makes about 15 muffins)

Ingredients:
100g butter or margarine
100g sugar
2-3 eggs
150g flour
100g shredded coconut
1 tsp baking powder
1 can of mandarin oranges

Start by mixing the butter, sugar and eggs with an electric whisk. Then mix flour, coconut and baking powder in another bowl and slowly add to butter mixture. Add 100ml of mandarin juice (if there's not enough in the can, add some water).
Fill dough into some muffin paper cups. Add 2-3 slices of mandarin oranges per muffin. If you want, sprinkle some chocolate flakes on top.
Bake for 15-20 minutes at 180°C (350°F).
Eat :)

Chocolate-mandarin-coconut cupcakes (without egg)

I made those amazing cupcakes yesterday - I didn't have any eggs left, and it was too late to go shopping, so I looked for a recipe for muffins without eggs, then added some mandarins, cream and caramelized muffin crumbs. Simply amazing.

Here's the recipe:

Quick and easy chocolate muffins

Ingredients:

• 125g flour
• 1.5 tsps baking powder
• 0.5 tsp baking soda
• 65g sugar
• 3 tblsps cocoa
• A few drops vanilla essence
• 100ml water or fruit juice
• 50ml oil
• 1 tblsp vinegar

 Filling:

• 200ml whipping cream
• 1/2 can of mandarins
• 50g shredded coconut
• 3 tblsps butter
• 3 tblsps icing sugar

Instructions:
Mix all dry ingredients. Add water, oil and vinegar, don't stir any more than necessary.
Fill into 12 paper muffin cups and bake for about 20 minutes at 180^C/350^F. Let cool.

Remove the top of all muffins, crumble them and put them aside, you will need them later.
Beat the whipping cream (if you want, add some sugar and vanilla essence). Carefully add coconut and mandarins, and distribute the mixture equally between the muffins.
Heat the butter in a pan, then add the muffin crumbs. Add icing sugar, and let caramelize while continuously stirring (be careful not to burn them).
Spinkle crumbs over cream.
Enjoy.