Brody Cakes

In my quest to find healthy nutritious food that my toddler will happily sit down and devour in the manner he used to devour his food, I have been inspired by a muffin recipe I read in Jessica Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious.

My thought process has been that if the food resembles a cake, he will more than likely give it a go and that seems the be the most challenging part at the moment (getting him to try something, even foods he previously loved, is impossible). The 3 parties we attended on the weekend have led me to this thinking and I’m willing to give anything a go.

The recipe published by Jessica was for a sweet muffin, and the one I have created is for a savoury ‘cake’ – quite adult friendly too.

BRODY CAKES makes about 30 pattycake sized cakes

Ingredients

Batter

2.5 cups plain flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup milk
2 eggs
¼ cup vegetable oil

Filling

6 rashers short cut middle bacon, finely diced
1 small onion, finely diced
1 carrot grated
¼ green capsicum, finely diced
¼ cup pureed pumpkin
¼ cup pureed sweet potato
¼ cup parmesan cheese
1 tsp. mixed dried Italian herbs

Grated mozzarella, salt and pepper for topping

1. Combined all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, combine the wet ingredients and gradually add to the dry ingredients until it all just comes together. Set aside

Note: be careful to not over mix the batter as this will make your muffins tough.

3. Fry bacon and onion in a little vegetable oil until bacon the bacon is crispy and the onion has become translucent.
4. Add the carrot and capsicum and fry until soft.
5. In a small bowl, combine the pumpkin, sweet potato, parmesan and herbs. Add the bacon mixture and stir to combine.
6. Add the fillings to the pre-prepared batter and mix until just combined.
7. Spoon into muffin tins and top with grated mozzarella, salt and pepper.
8. Bake at 200 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown.


For the little ones – allow to cool. For the big ones – enjoy while hot!

If you have any flavour combinations you would like to share or improvements to this recipe – please feel free to post them in the comments section!

Now… Go Get Your Bake On!!!