Thursday, May 21, 2009

TWD Fresh mango (bread) muffins

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I was intrigued when I first found out that Fresh Mango Bread was the TWD (Tuesdays with Dorie) recipe for this week. I’ve made many banana, apple, cranberry, blueberry, carrot and even a zucchini bread, but mangos in a loaf never crossed my mind.

When I read the recipe, I suspected that the subtle flavor of one diced mango would not be very prominent in the bread, so I looked for ways to make it more mango-ey. And as my family already knows, in true Dragana fashion, I just had to put my twist to it: the raisins had to go – they’re way too pedestrian! What I found were delicious, sweet and intensely flavored dried mango pieces. To 1/2 cup of chopped dried mango, I added just enough rum to cover them. Later, I added 3 tablespoons of the soaking rum to the batter (I’m never in favor of discarding good liquor!). I reduced both the sugar to 3/4 cup and the ginger to 1 teaspoon – after all, it’s all about the mangoes, right? I came away with 12 moist and tasty individual muffins.

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Thanks to Kelly at Baking with the Boys for selecting this recipe. You can find the original recipe on her blog. After the TWD chocolate onslaught in April, this was a refreshing change. Topped with lightly sweetened whipped cream, diced crystallized ginger, freshly grated lime zest and a chunk of dried mango, these muffins are a winner! Just ask Carolina!

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Prijatno!

11 comments:

  1. Dragana, you NEVER cease to amaze!

    These look fabulous, I love the changes you made ~ I know I would be so happy with the flavors.

    Bravo! Pure genius!! :) xo~m

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  2. We all loved them, especially, my hubby Gabe. I think he wishes you were his TWD'er!

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  3. Now THAT looks great! I like the changes you made to the recipe, too. I wish I would have had this a week ago... I just had 2 mangoes go bad on me - this would have been a perfect way to use them! They're so beautiful!

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  4. Odlični maffini..izgledaju rajski!

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  5. Moram ti reći da u zadnje vrijeme imaš sve ljepše fotografije!
    Imaš kod mene nagradicu u postu Awards!

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  6. Beautiful muffins. The topping with the dried mango. Perfect.

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  7. AnonymousMay 27, 2009

    Holy cow, your mango muffins look fantastic! Beautiful! The topping totally transforms the muffin, wish I could have a taste! =)

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  8. I have an award and a game for you on my blog. :) http://zoraeos.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post_27.html

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  9. I can not even tell you how lovely this looks and the pear cake below.... wow!

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  10. Absolutely gorgeous photos! Great job Dragana!

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  11. i na mom blogu Astal te ceka nagradica!!!
    http://vojvodjanskakuhinja.blogspot.com/

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