Congratulations, Dear Pale_Moonlite

[therealsnape]

Congratulations on your birthday, dear pale_moonlite! As you'll find out during the day, some of us decided to mark the occasion for you.

Alas, unlike the talented flist, I couldn't come up with a single Remus-oriented thing. Except for one totally crack idea, but then I checked and it was another user with 'moon' in her name who has Terry Pratchett on her interest list.

So allow me to do just the catering for today. I'm sure someone else will bring the bubbly, and we'll have a grand time.

Here's a very easy, very quick recipe that'll give you some wonderful muffins. I often make them when I want instant comfort food, and as muffins are portioned already, you can take one (or several) at each new post that arrives for you. Also, it makes the house smell good, and they contain blueberries, so they're practically a health food despite the chocolate.



Preparation: 15 minutes
Baking: 25 minutes
Makes 6 muffins.

150 g plain flour mixed with
50 g golden caster sugar,
½ tsp baking powder and
a pinch of salt

1 egg , beaten
50 g butter , melted and cooled
100 ml milk
75 g blueberries
75 g white chocolate , chopped into chunks

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 and line a 6-hole muffin tin with paper cases.

[Or just butter it very well, if it's the non-stick kind that'll work too. If you don't have a muffin tin, buy the paper cases (for fairy cakes) and put 3 or 4 together, that'll be enough to keep the dough more or less in shape.]

Mix the egg, melted butter and milk quickly into the dry ingredients with the blueberries and chocolate (don't overmix, it should be a bit lumpy). Divide between the cases and bake for 25 minutes until risen and golden and cooked through.

[Blueberries freeze well so you can keep the rest in the freezer].

Comments

[pale-moonlite.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, thank you! This is so awesome of you!

I love blueberry muffins, and it will be so much fun to make them myself. The recipe really sounds easy, and so yummy.

and they contain blueberries, so they're practically a health food despite the chocolate.

Of that I'm sure. *g*

May I offer you a little cocktail? (What do you like? Fruity? Creamy? Coconut-y? With or without alcohol?)

[therealsnape.livejournal.com]

Oohhh, something coconut-y sounds rather delicious. And reminds me of my recent holiday in Malta. What an excellent suggestion. As it's still early, let's start on non-alcoholic.

[pale-moonlite.livejournal.com]

Have a TRS's Maltese Dawn:

2 cl coconut syrup
2 cl grenadine
4 cl cream
12 cl pineapple juice

Shake thoroughly in a cocktail shaker with some ice cubes and serve it with ice cubes, a slice of pineapple and (most important *g*) don't forget the little umbrella.

Cheers!

[therealsnape.livejournal.com]

Oh, how delicious! You know how to treat a girl!

[tetleythesecond]

You *had* to do this on a day when I'm faced with the tough choice of either tightening the discipline a bit or buying a set of new trousers...

Lovely! Perhaps new trousers aren't that bad. And it's almost all fruit, right?

[therealsnape.livejournal.com]

And it's almost all fruit, right?
Absolutely. And milk. Calcium is good for you; we all want to see you working hard at Strong!Bones.

[pale-moonlite.livejournal.com]

No discipline on my birthday party please! At least not that kind of discipline! *g*

[the-winterwitch.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Discipline is not for birthdays, and apart from that, coconut milk is not very fat at all. And virutal food is ideal for discipline, as it doesn't attach at all.
I'm opting also for something fruity and coconuty, please, and give you a proper toast, too, my dear! *sound of clinking glasses*
The muffins sound great - I love blueberry muffins, but with the addition of white chocoloate... yay!

Does any of you have, by any chance, some pretty gift wrapping paper for me? ;o)

[pale-moonlite.livejournal.com]

Have an Alcina's White Witchcraft:

2 cl coconut syrup (not milk!)
2 cl almond syrup
4 cl cream
10 cl pineapple juice

Shake thoroughly in a cocktail shaker with some ice cubes and serve it with ice cubes, a strawberry and a red and white little umbrella.

*clinks glasses*

And now I can't wait to open my present ...

[the-winterwitch.livejournal.com]

*drools* *slurps* *wants another* Extremely delicious! *sighs extatically*