Iron Cup Cake Earth: Savory Cupcake

Savoury cupcakes – oh that’s a challenge. Over the course of the last 3 weeks I did some thinking about the right flavour combination, texture and general ‘eatability’ appeal. Not so much into weird food combinations I decided on a safer route. Bacon Alien cupcakes aka Peas, Bacon and Tasty Cheese cupcakes. My thinking went along the lines of: 'Bacon, who doesn't like bacon?' 'Cheese, who doesn't like cheese?' and 'Oh I better put in a vegetable. Peas are cute and I think there's some in the freezer.'.

Not so cakey but very cheesey, this is great for breakfast and if you fashion it Alien style, you might get the kids to eat it too! And look, there's no butter! (kinda healthy) It's also really quick to make.

Peas, Bacon and Tasty Cheese cupcakes

Ingredients

2 ½ cups Plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 egg

1 tsp Dijon mustard400ml milk

100g tasty cheese

2 tbsp dill

3 rashers of bacon

100g peas

Method

1. Chop the bacon into small pieces. Put aside.

2. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg, milk and the mustard together.

3. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder and dill until evenly distributed. Then mix in cheese, peas and bacon. Combine the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients.

4. Line a cupcake/muffin tin with cupcake holders and spoon in 1 tbsp of the mixture. Bake for at 180 degree oven for 30mins or until golden. Serve warm.

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