Nigella's Baklava Muffins

When I was a student, I used to rent and live in Brunswick, a northern suburb just above University of Melbourne. Living in Brunswick allows me to explore Lebanese food especially their pastries...Baklava. These muffins do not contain any Baklava... but they did have a combined crunch of nuts, sugar and honey which has a taste of Baklave but in a cake form.

Like what Nigella described in her book, these muffins are truly gooey, crunchy, soft and delicious, just as good as they can be.

Here's the recipe from the book, How to be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson 

(with my modification in blue)

Make 12

Filling
100g walnuts, chopped
75g demerara sugar
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
45g butter, melted

Muffins
210g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda (replaced with baking powder)
75g caster sugar
1 large egg
45g unsalted butter, melted
250ml buttermilk (replaced with 175g yogurt and 75g milk)

Topping
125ml runny honey

Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan forced. Mix all the filling ingredients together in a small bowl, set aside. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and sugar. Mix the egg, melted butter and buttermilk (yogurt and milk). Make a well in the dry ingredients and add gently mix in the wet ingredients.
Fill 12 muffin cups 1/3 full, add a tablespoonful of filling, cover with muffin mixture until 2/3 full. Sprinkle any remaining filling on top of the muffins. Bake for 15 minutes. Put the muffins onto a rack to cool and drizzle with warmed honey.

Happy Baking
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