Muffins and loaf cakes

Muffins and loaf cakes are weekend baking at its easiest: mix wet into dry, spoon into molds, bake 25-35 minutes. This section has yogurt chocolate cakes, currant muffins, the striped kefir «zebra» mannik and cottage-cheese loaves with raisins.

Each recipe comes with exact measurements and tips: why muffins like lazy mixing, how to test doneness with a skewer, and what to substitute for yogurt or kefir.