Lemon & Poppy Seed muffins

Calvin has been begging me to make him Lemon & Poppy-seed muffins for an age. As such I had a look online and found a wonderful recipe on the Nigella website. It isn't actually Nigella's own, but the work of a woman called Linda Fisher - the Muffin Lady, I presume. It is a fabulously easy recipe in that you can make the entire thing without a mixer/blender. This is always good news as it means less washing up.
The recipe, when doubled, makes much more than 2 dozen muffins. The ingredients are easy to come by. My only complaint is that there is so much 'fat' (ie. oil & butter) in the recipe that it's left marks on the floor every time someone drops crumbs. And yes, they are very crumbly muffins. Overall I would give them 10/10 for flavour and 10/10 presentation. You could easily top them with a lemon icing, lemon drizzle or even a dollop of lemon curd.

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courgette cake

Hmm... delicious courgette cake baked for the arrival of my brother. Filled with lemon curd & topped with cream-cheese and pistachios. Couldn't be better. Thanks Nigella !