Honey granola cupcakes (Primrose)
Cuspcake rating: 4
Funny how something can be so different served warm and not! These cupcakes – really, I think they're better called muffins, ingredients like granola aren't expected in cupcakes, plus when you call it a muffin, the cakelike, light and crumby texture is a bit of a surprise and all the more enjoyable.
I love granola, especially on frozen yoghurt (the only topping I'm in the habit of paying for!), but somehow never buy it to eat as a cereal – cereal-and-milk, while one of my favourite foods in the world, somehow isn't a habit of mine, strange, I know. And granola is expensive for a boxed cereal, so I've never bought it I think, and instead nurse a perpetual granola craving.
These are hearty, tasty, and really yummy warm, especially split open and slathered with salted butter and/or cream cheese. Cold (by which I mean room temp) however, they are too sweet, dense, and the honey is sharp and pungent.
All in all, I'd make these with less honey next time, but will have to research a replacement first. Or perhaps with a lighter honey (can't remember what I used this time, though). And I think I'd toast the granola first, so perhaps it'd be crunchy – that'd be perfect, because they were mainly chewy bits of oats this time now.
Not a child-pleaser though, I suppose the lack of frosting doesn't help. But something I'd be pleased to have for a decadent breakfast every so often.
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