Sacrifice of a muffin

We couldn't resist borrowing this beagle puppy called Muffin to pose with our own little beauty. Model 1 - 8 weeks old. Model 2 - 8 minutes old.

Of course, we had to sacrifice the muffin, and help was on hand in the snowy garden (the evidence is in the snow on the lower chops...).













We are taking a break through Boxing Day but for orders from 27th and over the turn of the year, please contact MagogMuffins@gmail.com

Meanwhile, a happy festive season from MagogMuffins and friends.

Whats on the menu?

Congratulations to Theo Bosanquet who e-mailed MagogMuffins@gmail.com with his winning suggestion of "Midwinter Muffin" - which has now joined "Cranberry & Orange" in our Christmas boxes. Midwinter Muffin (anything but bleak) contrasts spice & lemon imbued nuggets of Granny Smith apples against the sweet essence of mince pies. We also enjoyed the suggestions from "movewithease" and Chris Thorpe in the comments below and hope they enjoy the muffin samples winging their way to them via Royal Mail.

Theo shared his prize with the team at the Whatsonstage.com office and fed back to us this review....

"The muffins were an utter, unadulterated delight. A definite 5 stars from the Whatsonstage.com team"

Magog Muffins on the Move

Warm greetings to all those who have asked where you can find Magog Muffins. Well, they are on the move and coming to you.

Our snazzy new web site will be coming online in January, and will be more interactive for orders and payments. In the interim, through the festive season we are offering the following for delivery by post in the U.K:

Postal packs (anywhere in the U.K) Full of seasonal goodness, these feature our two Christmas specials along with some of our best regular offerings. The Magog Muffins team, full of seasonal goodwill, are also offering special prices, including postage and packing, of £10 for a 4 muffin pack, £15 for an 8 muffin pack or £30 for a large box of 20 muffins. Packs will be posted first class, and we can include your message on a handwritten Christmas card with the 20 muffin packs at no extra charge.

4 pack - £10

8 pack - £15

20 pack - £30

Please contact us directly by e-mail with any questions at MagogMuffins@gmail.com

We look forward to hearing from you and satisfying your muffin desires!

(For those in the Cambridge area, in January we will also be running a promotion at our neighbouring Gog Magog Hills Farm Shop and Delicatessen, and may be at the Saturday Farmers Fayres - more on this early in 2010).

Ms December - Orange & Cranberry

Ms December is our Christmas offering. The surprising goodness of cranberries embelished with a touch of orange and distant hint of spice. A flavour combination that is suggestive of traditional Panetone, but with our own twist.

Now it's your turn:

We would like another special for the Christmas season that would complement this one in our festive packs. What flavour combination would you suggest? The one we pick receives the first of our mega-boxes of 20 muffins-by-post, including your winning selection.

You can post your ideas as comments below, or e-mail to MagogMuffins@gmail.com

We look forward to hearing from you - come on creatives!

Travel bag - Kenya

When Magog Muffin has to travel, the sturdy Gog Magog Hills Farm Shop bag goes too, swapping its usual cargo of local goodies for laptop, files and the odd refugee item from an overstuffed suitcase. Thus it sometimes finds itself on the horns of a dilemma or hanging about at the equator.

Magog Muffin does not expend carbon easily, but when it is unavoidable adds on as much value as she can. So an overnight in Nairobi with family came up with some Kenya varieties of savoury muffins (of which more anon). Meanwhile, "safari mzuri" or words to that effect.

Muffin doin' ...

After the TV bunfight on Friday Magog Muffins are doing a one-off special for Children in Need. We are offering a mid-week muffin pack on Wednesday 25th November with all proceeds to Pudsey. Packs of 15 midi-muffins will be mixed flavours but will include a few of our special Pudsey recipe "Spot the Bear". This is a particularly health conscious fruity mixture with apricot (low fat sweetness), a sprinkling of sour cherry (apparently good for circulation) and a smidgeon of goji berries (good for everything else!).

Contact MagogMuffins@gmail.com by Tuesday mid-day for delivery (sorry but we can only offer this in the local Cambridge area) on Wednesday morning. (Watch out also for more specials - and a competition - over the festive season).

Princely fare is fair for forests

Respect to HRH Prince Charles. Not only is he busy using his 'pulling power' to save the rainforests but he is making sure his guests do their bit. Only sustainably-sourced palm oil in the Sainsbury's biscuits (clearly clear out of Duchy Originals), according to the notices in little silver card holders beside the plates. Good.

Have to hand it to HRH Organic champion - the food was delicious. Several guests, stand up do, but not a cold, miniscule, over-worked canope in sight. Just delectable, piping-hot individual cottage pies followed by warm apple crumble and cream. It was, I admit, an up-market crumble scattered over finely chopped spiced apple chunks, rather than the usual squadgy-sitting-in-the-oven-sunday-lunch version. Magog Muffins approved.