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Sourdough Birthday Cake Muffins

Sourdough Birthday Cake Muffins are a fun twist on traditional muffins—tender, lightly tangy from sourdough discard, and full of colorful sprinkles, reminiscent of birthday cake.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time18 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: #birthdaycakemuffins, #Muffinrecipes, Funfetti recipes, sourdough brithdaydcakemuffins, Sourdough discard recipes, Sourdough starter, Sprinkle recipes
Servings: 24 mini muffins
Calories: 75kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cup 250g all-purpose flour can use whole wheat flour if you want
  • 4 tablespoon 60g sugar
  • 4 tablespoon 56g brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoon 6g baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • cup 128g milk
  • ½ cup 100g Sourdough Starter/Discard
  • 2 egg
  • 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 tablespoon vegetable oil or your favorite oil
  • ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon rainbow sprinkles

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400° F degrees and grease your muffin pan with non-stick spray.
  • In a large mixing bowl add flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and brown sugar and mix until combined.
  • In a separate bowl add milk, sourdough discard/starter, egg, vanilla extract, and oil.
  • Begin adding the dry mixture to the wet mixture and stir until just combined. Make sure not over mix even if little flour mix are there, do not worry leave it.
  • Add ¼ cup of rainbow sprinkles and gently fold into the batter until they’re evenly mixed in the batter.
  • Using a tablespoon cookie dough scoop, scoop the batter into muffin cups, filling them ⅔ of the way full.
  • Sprinkle additional rainbow sprinkles on top of each muffin.
  • Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for 8 minutes or until slightly browned on the sides.
  • Remove muffins from tins and let them cool on a baking rack for 5 minutes before serving.

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Notes

Store leftover birthday cake muffins in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 75kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 68mg | Potassium: 30mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 31IU | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg
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