{"id":42,"date":"2024-06-25T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soledaddemo.pencidesign.net\/soledad-baking-recipes\/2024\/06\/25\/cream-cheese-zucchini-muffins-copy-15\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:22:08","slug":"baking-with-edible-flowers-stunning-and-delicious-creations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"Baking with Edible Flowers: Stunning and Delicious Creations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Using my go-to<a href=\"#\" rel=\"\">zucchini bread<\/a>recipe as the starting point, these soft<strong>cream cheese zucchini muffins<\/strong>are deliciously spiced with cinnamon and stuffed with a<a href=\"#\" rel=\"\">cheesecake<\/a>style filling. Before baking, sprinkle with coarse sugar for a little sparkling crunch on top.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zucchini Muffins, Upgraded<\/h3>\n<p>These muffins are downright DELICIOUS. Using a variation of my absolute favorite<a href=\"#\" rel=\"\">zucchini bread<\/a>recipe\u2014an old family recipe that won 1st place in a state fair\u2014we\u2019re baking muffins stuffed with sweet cream cheese. They taste like dessert! I got the recipe idea from these<a href=\"#\" rel=\"\">pumpkin cream cheese muffins<\/a>, a total fall favorite. Here we\u2019re swapping pumpkin for zucchini and skipping the crumb topping. Though you could definitely add it here if desired!<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Here\u2019s why you\u2019ll love them:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Easy muffin batter using basic ingredients<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Soft, moist, filled with creamy filling<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Warm spice flavors like cinnamon and nutmeg<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Recipe makes just 10, but can easily be doubled<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hidden veggies\u2014you can\u2019t taste the zucchini!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview: How to Make Cream Cheese Zucchini Muffins<\/h3>\n<p>Today\u2019s muffin recipe is similar to my regular zucchini muffins. The batter yields slightly fewer muffins, but if you want a full dozen, you can use the plain<a href=\"#\">zucchini muffins<\/a>batter and stretch the cream cheese filling to fill all 12.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-sticky-container adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 noskim adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CJC5l-mq94YDFULYTAIdefgMAQ\">\n<p>The full written recipe is below, but let\u2019s quickly walk through the steps first.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Make the zucchini batter:<\/strong>All basic ingredients here including flour, leaveners, egg, sugar, and vanilla. Compared to my zucchini bread batter, I add a little more baking powder so the muffins can rise up under the heavy cream cheese filling. I use a mix of brown sugar and granulated sugar for extra flavor\u2014and I actually slightly reduced the amount of sugar since we\u2019re adding the sweet cream cheese filling. Cinnamon and nutmeg add flavor. Use a<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2N9kjdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">box grater<\/a>to shred the zucchini. I add a little extra zucchini for added volume.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make the cream cheese filling:<\/strong>You need 4 simple ingredients for the cream cheese filling. Bring 5 ounces of brick cream cheese to room temperature, then beat it with 1 egg yolk, sugar, and a touch of vanilla extract. The egg yolk helps the cream cheese filling \u201cset\u201d like cheesecake. Don\u2019t use a whole egg\u2014the texture will taste off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assemble:<\/strong>Layer a heaping Tablespoon of zucchini batter into your lined muffin pan. Top with a Tablespoon of filling, then another heaping Tablespoon of zucchini batter. No need to swirl together. I always sprinkle crunchy coarse sugar on top because it adds a lovely contrast on the super soft muffins. I like Sugar in the Raw or white sparkling sugar sprinkles, which you can usually find with the sprinkles in the baking aisle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake:<\/strong>Your kitchen will smell divine!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possible Variations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carrot, Apple, or Banana:<\/strong>You can replace the shredded zucchini with shredded carrot for cream cheese carrot muffins. I always like a little ginger with carrot, so feel free to add 1\/4 teaspoon of ground ginger to the carrot batter. You could replace the zucchini with shredded apple, too! This cream cheese filling would be wonderful with my<a href=\"#\" rel=\"\">banana muffins<\/a>batter as well. For banana, carrot, or apple, follow the baking instructions and time(s) written below.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Loaf instead of muffins:<\/strong>Use my<a href=\"#\" rel=\"\">zucchini bread<\/a>recipe and feel free to skip the chocolate chips. Add half of the batter to the greased 9\u00d75 inch loaf pan, spoon and gently spread this cream cheese filling on top, then carefully spread remaining zucchini batter on top. Use a toothpick or knife to swirl together, which will prevent the loaf from separating. (Not necessary for muffins.) Add about 5 minutes to the bread\u2019s bake time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Double the recipe:<\/strong>To yield about 20-22 muffins, feel free to double the recipe below by doubling each ingredient. Instead of 2 egg yolks in the cream cheese filling, 1 full egg will work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using my go-tozucchini breadrecipe as the starting point, these softcream cheese zucchini muffinsare deliciously spiced with cinnamon and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10,11,12,13,14],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baking-tools","tag-baking","tag-bread","tag-breakfast","tag-cookies","tag-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triplebraidedmarriage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}