Vegan Rhubarb Muffins

It’s rhubarb season, so it’s rhubarb everything and anything in our house! After the cake, it was time for muffins, with plans to infuse gin & make rhubarb cordial for fancy drinks.

Rhubarb muffin out of its case and ready to be eaten

Prep time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 30 minutes
Cooling time: 10 minutes
Total time: 60 mins
Servings: 12 muffins

Ingredients

  • 325 gr self raising flour (or 320 gr flour + 1 tsp baking powder + 1/2 tsp salt)
  • 175 gr granulated (cane) sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 3/4 tsp cardamom
  • 1 tbsp ground flax seeds + 3 tbsp water (mixed in a small bowl and let to rest for about 10 minutes)
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 150 ml unsweetened oat milk (or any other plant milk)
  • 100 ml sunflower oil (or any other light / neutral oil)
  • 225 gr rhubarb, cut into ~1 cm cubes

Instructioms

  1. Preheat oven to 175C fan. Place a rack in the middle. Line a muffin tin with paper or silicon cups.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and cardamom.
  3. Add flax seed mixture, oat milk, oil, and vanilla extract and mix to combine.
  4. Add the rhubarb and fold in.
  5. Using an ice cream scoop or two spoons, divide the batter evenly between the lined cups.
  6. Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes, or until nice and golden and a toothpick (cake tester) inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  7. Let cool on a rack before enjoying.
Rhubarb muffins cooling on a rack

Keeps well on the counter for a few days. If you can keep yourself from eating them all at once!

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