This recipe is for those who not only want to give away cakes, but also muffins in a jar, or who like to eat something in between without wanting / being able to bake it every time.
For glasses I use the smallest possible tumbler glasses. The smallest I`ve seen so far are 70ml (screw cap) and 80ml (mason jar). If you like large muffins, take 125ml.
Preheat the oven to 175 ° C.
If mason jars are used, soak the rubber rings. I do this in cold water, some boil them off.
Beat the butter or margarine with the sugar until frothy. Add the eggs and slowly alternately sift in the flour mixed with the baking powder and add the milk, stirring constantly. The dough should not be too runny so that the colors to be added afterwards mix well and do not melt into one another.
Divide the dough into different portions according to the number of colors you want later. Now stir in the colors you want into the individual portions. You can use jelly powder and cocoa as described above, but food colors also work.
Grease the jars and sprinkle them if necessary so that the finished muffins can be easily removed.
With the piping bag or the teaspoon, you gradually add blobs of different colored dough to the glass, so that a colorful pattern emerges. Half of the filling level is good, maximum 2/3.
Put the open jars in the oven, depending on the oven, we recommend a shelf position in the lower third.
The baking time is between 15 and 25 minutes, depending on the oven and the size of the glass. The stick sample provides information.
Take the jars out of the oven and clean the rim with any overflowing batter. If the dough is a little higher than the edge of the glass, this is not a problem, it can be pressed down and usually does not have to be cut.
Close the jars with the screw-on lids or with weck rubbers and clips. Let cool down - if the glasses are put back into the switched off oven to cool down and maybe left overnight, you should bear in mind that the cake will still darken!
When it cools down, condensation can form under the lid. However, this is harmless and disappears after a few hours.
The muffins can be stored for several months as long as the jars are hermetically sealed.
For one or the other, the effort may seem disproportionate, but they are great as gifts! And even in the single kitchen, one or the other will perhaps appreciate it when there is an acute hunger for muffins.
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