Next week is Saint Valentine’s Day. And unfortunately I can’t be with my Valentine 🙁 But thinking of him I made some fluffy muffins with lemon and poppy seeds. I know he would love them and this way next time when we are together I will make them for him.
Honestly I found the recipe on the website of Paleonewbie. I liked the photos. The muffins look so yummy and fresh. And she is so right: the muffin cups look so much ‘sunny’ and ‘lemon-y’.
But I changed a little bit the recipe even though the base is still hers. I used more poppy seeds, I used maple syrup instead of honey and I put cinnamon. Instead of the coconut oil, I used ghee. It gives a nicer, smoother flavor, I think.
Later I had a lot of fun shooting the little cupcakes. Unfortunately I filled them too much therefore, a little batter came out. The pink/red icing-sugar I put for Saint Valentine’s Day.
As they are super fast and easy, you can make them right the morning of the 14th February and surprise your love with a heart-muffin on the breakfast dish.

- 1.5 cup almond flour (white)
- 2 tbsp coconut flour
- 2 tbsp poppy seeds
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 0.25 tsp sea salt
- 0.25 cup fresh ground lemon zest
- 3 eggs
- 3 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon or lime jiuce
- 0.5 tsp bourbon vanilla
- 0.25 cup maple syrup
- 3 tbsp melted ghee
- Preheat the oven on 350°F/175°C.
- In a bowl put all the wet ingredients together and whisk well.
- In another bowl put all the dry ingredients together and mix well.
- Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk again until the batter is smooth and even.
- Let the batter sit for a few minutes and stir again.
- In a muffin tin line 8 paper muffin forms and fill them two third with the batter.
- Transfer into the oven and bake for around 15 to 20 minutes. They should be lightly golden on the top and dry when you put a tooth pick in the middle.
- Take them out and let them cool out.
- Decorate with some icing sugar.
- Enjoy!
I’m planning on trying this on the weekend with my kids. They’re actually the first to find this recipe and I can’t say no to them so that’s it. I’m going to try this. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thant’s great! Let me know how they are!