Cupcakes & Muffins

Start your day with fresh <a href="/recipes/blueberry-muffins">blueberry muffins</a>, liven up your lunch with <a href="/recipes/cheese-tomato-and-courgette-muffins">cheese, tomato and courgette muffins</a> or indulge in a <a href="/recipes/chocolate-brownie-muffins">chocolate brownie muffin</a> for a true after-dinner delight. 
 
With less mixing and fewer decorations than a cupcake, muffin recipes are a great solution if you are looking for a quicker, yummy bake. Coeliacs and vegans will love our muffin recipes too; we've got vegan chocolate, cherry and blueberry muffin recipes ready to go.
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Looking to bake your best-ever muffins? From classics like blueberry and chocolate chip to savoury muffins, try one of our easy muffin recipes today.

Muffin Recipes | Sweet And Savoury Muffin Recipes

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These banana and chocolate chip muffins are deliciously moist, and the sweet, sticky combination of banana and chocolate is divine.
Taking just 15 minutes to prepare and only 25 minutes to bake, this is a simple pleasure and great for sharing with family and friends.
If you love fruity-flavoured muffins, give our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/banana-muffins">banana muffin recipe</a> a go - they’re perfect as a mid-afternoon pick-me-up!
<h3>Reasons to bake:</h3>
⭐Perfect to introduce kids to baking
⭐Ready to serve in just 40 minutes
⭐Ideal last-minute bake for parties and picnics

Banana and Chocolate Chip Muffins

You'd never believe these gorgeously-sweet chocolate muffins are gluten free, but they are! Go on, give them a try...

Gluten-Free Chocolate Muffins

These are easy midweek baking, making good use of &nbsp;delicious eating apples. Add a pinch of black pepper for a more grown up flavour to tingle the palate.

Spiced Apple Muffins

Muffins are the perfect on the go snack, breakfast treat or simply yummy cake to enjoy with a cup of tea. We have taken one of the nations favourite bakes - the cherry bakewell and turned it into a delicious muffin.

Bakewell Muffins

Who says muffins have to be sweet? These savoury muffins are fabulous for a special breakfast, spot of lunch or a picnic snack.

Cheese, Bacon and Tomato Muffins

The white chocolate and raspberries compliment each other beautifully in these tasty muffins.

White chocolate and raspberry ripple muffins 

These Welsh honey cakes, also known as Tiessennau Mel in Welsh, are quick and easy to make and delicious topped with pistachios and dried raspberries.

Welsh Honey Cakes

These apple and cinnamon muffins are absolutely gorgeous, perfect for an afternoon tea time treat or for breakfast.&nbsp;

Calorie Conscious Apple & Cinnamon Muffins

This Eric Lanlard recipe is a wonderful morning treat to start the day with. Why not try making them for your Mum for Mothers Day. To make these Fruity Breakfast Muffins all you need is around an hour of your day and ten ingredients. We think this one is a good one to bake the day before and add the fruity toppings in the morning in time for breakfast.

Fruity Breakfast Muffins

Whether you're looking to spice up your breakfast, or for a fluffy fruity snack on the go. Our Banana &amp; Chocolate Chip Muffins are a winner every time - but for this recipe we've made a 75% swap for Allinson's Wholemeal Flour, meaning you can enjoy the deliciously moreish flavours of fresh muffins, but with more added fibre into your day. The ripened smashed banana gives these muffins a moist texture and naturally sweet flavour, so why not give your standard muffins an extra health boost with the additional fibre Allinson's Wholemeal flour contains - trust us, you won't be able to tell!

Wholemeal Banana & Chocolate Muffins

This marble muffins with cream cheese frosting recipe is so simple to make, yet impressive to serve to friends when they pop over for coffee. The best bit of advice when making these muffins is to not over mix the batter- just mix until there are no more lumps of flour showing.

Marble muffins with cream cheese icing

Who says muffins can't be savoury? These muffins are&nbsp;bursting with summer savoury flavours and ideal to&nbsp;bake using home grown veggies.

Cheese, tomato and courgette muffins

These banana muffins are deliciously moist, moreish and simple to make - so if you’re after a delicious treat for your family and friends, they’re a great choice. Taking only 15 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to bake, it’s a speedy way to make a sweet treat in under an hour.
Our banana muffins are also a good way to use up overripe bananas, and they're a delicious fruity snack that's perfect at any time of day.
<h3>Reasons to bake our banana muffins:</h3>
⭐Great for kids who want to get involved in baking
⭐Fantastic sweet, fruity flavour
⭐Will keep for up to a week in an airtight container

Banana Muffins

These low calorie blueberry muffins are perfect for breakfast or for a tea time treat. The best part about them is that they are only 140 kcal &amp; 3.5g fat per serving!

Blueberry Breakfast Muffins

These bitesize mini muffins are delightfully light and fit perfectly in your lunch box for an afternoon treat. We've used espresso coffee powder for the coffee flavouring but you could use weaker coffee powder if you don't like it strong. The Mascarpone topping is a really great contrast with the dark coffee cupcake.

You must try these unusual but very tasty wholemeal carrot and courgette muffins. Filled with wholesome goodness, these muffins are ideal for any breakfast, lunch box or as a mid afternoon snack.

Breakfast Carrot & Courgette Muffins

These banana nut muffins are a great breakfast or mid-morning snack and with fewer calories they are not to be missed!

Banana Nut Muffins

Arguably one of the best flavour combinations is chocolate and peanut butter. John Whaite has created the best muffin recipe for peanut butter lovers everywhere.&nbsp;

Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins

Why not try these Strawberry Centre Muffins, baked inside is a whole strawberry! It sounds complicated but its actually quite a simple method. We find strawberries work best but you could just as easily replace them with raspberries or blueberries. If you find the sweetness of the white chocolate too much you can always use milk or dark chocolate chips.

Strawberry Centre Muffins

The Rocky Road was first invented in1853 in Australia as a way of on-selling confectionery that had been spoiled by the long journey from Europe. Here they've been made into delightful little chocolate Christmas puddings.

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