Mango Cupcakes

It was raining the whole day Sunday but the temperature was not so cold. Rain was a welcome break after the cold days (Yeah, winter is still here). Sundays were mostly stay-at-home-take-rest days and the afternoons are meant for a movie/tv. I was craving for something fresh and hot and was in a mood to have freshly baked goodies from oven. I had a can of mango puree which had brought from Indian stores before a couple of weeks. I made this mango cupcakes after some googling. 
I made few tweaks to the original recipe which called for cardamom powder and ground almond but I replaced it with MTR Badam Feast (Almond mix with saffron). I also dropped the butter since I was using oil and fruit puree. I reduced the sugar to 2/3 cup instead of 3/4 cup since my mango puree was sweetened. I got a super-soft fruity muffin with a almond touch.

Ingredients:

Source: Journey Kitchen
All-purpose flour/Maida - 1 1/2 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp (Make this 2 tsp if going eggless)
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Badam mix - 1 tbsp  
Mango puree - 1 1/2 cups (360 ml)
Canola oil - 1/3 cup (80 ml) - Any vegetable oil would be fine
Sugar - 2/3 cup (Make it 3/4 cup if mangoes are not so sweet)
Vanilla - 1 tsp
Eggs - 2 (room temperature)

Method: 

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Place the oven rack in the middle and line the muffin tray with liners. Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, badam mix in a whisk/Sieve together three times. Cream the oil and sugar with a hand mixer in a low speed for a minute. Add the eggs and mix for 2 mins. Now mix in the vanilla and the mango puree and beat until well mixed. Now pour the wet ingredients over dry ingredients and mix until combined. Do not over-mix. The batter would be of cake batter consistency. Pour to the liners and bake for 25-30 mins until a tooth-pick inserted comes out clean. Serve warm.
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Sending this to JFI-Rerun-Mango event by Satya extended to March 15th.

Also sending this to Vaishali's event Spring and Treat to Eyes event by Rumana.

Sending this to Srivalli's Kid's Delight hosted by Nupur of UK-Rasoi, for the month of April 2012.

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