This is a simple Victoria sponge recipe, that works every time and improves over 2 or 3 days.  The recipe makes 6 -8 giant muffins or 12 – 16 regular muffins.
Cream

350g butter
350g caster sugar

Sift together

350g Plain (cake) flour
2 pinches of bicarb
2 t baking powder

Lightly beat

6 large freerange eggs
1/4 cup warm water

When the buttercream is light [...]

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Man cannot live on bread alone, he needs the odd muffin to keep him sane.  I don’t think anybody ever said that, but they should have.  Muffins are like mini breads.  Quicker to make and quicker to eat, and just as satisfying for a host of different reasons. 
You don’t need to make a sandwich out [...]

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This mix will make 12 muffins, or six bounteous buxom beauties like these.
Butter and flour your muffin tins.
Sieve:
4 cups flour
8 Tbspns flat baking powder
1 teaspoon mustard powder
A good pinch of flavoured or Maldon sea salt and some fresh black pepper.
Add 100g butter and blend with your fingertips until crumbly.
Mix 1 ½ cups of grated cheddar [...]

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I have two friand sheets with 9 moulds each.  This recipe usually makes twelve so I do six in each to ensure things bake evenly.

 
Butter your moulds well, then
SIFT:

1/2 cup cake (plain) flour with
1 1/2 cups icing sugar

MIX WITH:

1 cup freshly ground almonds

ADD:

1 tspns vanilla extract
175g of butter, gently melted
6 lightly beaten free range egg whites [...]

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