making the olympic chocolate muffins🥇

[Nicola_Blackwood]

My personal philosophy is that the word “muffin” can simply be a vehicle for allowing oneself to eat cake for breakfast. And I’m all for it

[amybucher]

Thank you for your courage to explore the boundary between muffin and cake.

[connorclary]

Recipe is “Molten Chocolate Muffins” by Genevieve Ko at NYT Cooking

[FlourishAndFlavorsBakery]

“I may never go to the Olympics but I sure do know how to eat a chocolate muffin” more relatable words have not been spoken yet

[jasiahvazquez]

As a puerto rican, I love the cafe bustelo representation

[mapletreegames]

Apparently these taste like a Coles mud cake which to Australians is basically the highest compliment one can receive XD

[chrisgrant]

I love your videos. They generally just make the world seem like a calmer and less crazy place. Thanks 😉👍🏻

[luqmanhafeez]

So I'm guessing this video is Connor's villain origin for the latest video where he made that Ceramic mixing bowl

[Demonsta]

The boundary between muffin and cake is something I think about often, and it feels refreshing to hear someone else say it LOL. Today though, 99% of muffins are just cakes we've been told it's ok to eat for breakfast.

[forbiddenfig]

muffins are just socially acceptable breakfast cake

[lizpeterson]

You're hilarious. I love 💕 the dry humor.

[StrwbrrysNChoco]

Basically,
Muffins = no frosting/icing
Cupcakes = has frosting/icing on top

There are also typically some texture differences with the crumb, with cupcakes being lighter and muffins denser, but things like pound cake cupcakes and carrot cake cupcakes definitely pushes that bound, which is why it isn’t a hard and fast rule. Same with time of day that you eat it, more a rule of thumb than part of the definition.
The frosting rule, though, that’s truth. If you don’t frost the lightest cupcake, you can call it a naked cupcake, if you want, but it is really just a muffin. Putting a lemon frosting on your blueberry muffin? It is now a blueberry cupcake.
Your welcome.

[naomismith]

these are the best ones i’ve seen someone make so far wow

[kamiw]

I need to see more of your kitchen! I love the open shelves/wood rack behind you, it gives me some kind of nostalgia

[kath__]

Based on the batter it looks like you got a cupcake. For muffins if it looks like it needs a couple more mixes then you are done.

[MorningGIry]

Wow I made muffins for my bf yesterday already but next time definitely doing it this way

[LiLLaLa]

I appreciate your bravery to explore the boundary between muffin and cake

[aellalee]

Yeah, when I did research a couple years ago for a random discussion at work on what a muffin is I learned muffins tend to have more flour and oil (not butter) as the base ingredients. They don't usually have eggs. The texture should be a bread like crumb rather than fluffy cakey texture.

That being said, this looks delicious, but it's not a muffin. It's a cupcake. I would try this.

[thegrandcricket]

I've seen your videos grace my feed a few times, but your use of Cafe Bustelo here has earned you my sub. Much love for the coffee and you as well from SoFla. ☕❤️

[luludee]

Wow! Those came out beautifully! And they look amazingly yummy 🤤