Comments on: Kalamansi Muffins with Kalamansi Marmalade a la Marketman

By: Bettina

Bettina — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:20:12 +0000

Hello! It’s been 10 years since I last visit Boracay. Our first breakfast there, my friend ordered the Calamansi Muffin. I didn’t realize that I was such a big hit. Well, I didn’t try it. However, out of curiosity, I googled the recipe. I found it on your site, which I visit once in a while (All the food makes me drool!! hahaha)and tried making it this morning. Shared it with my friends this afternoon and it was a hit!! Thank you for sharing. By the way, I made a mistake and added the sugar with the flour. Added a little bit more sugar with the butter, but…it was still delish!! Thank you again.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:36:56 +0000

rence, I have no idea, I don’t weigh my baked goods after I make them…

By: rence lacerna

rence lacerna — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:46:54 +0000

may i know the grams of your kalamansi muffin.. tnx

By: Olive

Olive — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:55:41 +0000

Hi MM! Tried this recipe and inspite of just using 8 pcs of calamnsi,it should have been 8 tbsp of calamansi juice (should change my reading glasses :)), it still turned out great! I will give it another try this weekend, hopefully doing it right this time! Btw, 1 pound of butter = 2 cups? I just used 1 cup!
And thanks for the tip on the Raon stores. I emailed you once about my kitchen aid and it is now working beautifully, for P1,500.00.
Keep on writing!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:09:14 +0000

Nice to read it works where you are… and with HALF the butter only… heehee. I would add more butter if possible…

By: dee bee

dee bee — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:00:20 +0000

It’s winter here, but by some freak of nature, our kalamansi plants are fruiting profusely. Lucky, I didn’t have to wait too long to try this out. This is a good recipe. I cut the butter amount in half (hehe… watching my fat intake). Didn’t have kalamansi marmalade so added about a teaspoon of kalamansi rind and a few tablespoons of kalamansi honey (a homemade concoction where my mom infuses kalamansi in honey).

I made tiny muffins, about 1 inch in diameter and my little nieces loved them. Next time, will use friand molds and make some classy-sounding “kalamansi friand” :))

By: DADD-F

DADD-F — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:52:19 +0000

You’re welcome at salamat din ulit MM. Your response is encouraging. And I just have another idea. You know, I’ve worked in Mindanao for several years and one of my best stints was my most recent, that in Zamboanga Sibugay and Basilan, which, unfortunately, are very much in the news–as in BAD news–these days. Doon pa mandin sa municipal areas ko. Anyway, calamansi is one of Sibugay’s main products (And what lovely calamansi they have!). If plans do not miscarry, I might be able to go back there and work actively with the people again (though not necessarily for a fee). And there’s mangosteen naman in neighbouring Jolo. Such possibilities! We can work on this in line with their development program. Actually, I still am very much in contact with them and I manage to help maski long distance but it would be so much easier, of course, if we could work together the way we used to. I know this sounds like a big jump from kitchen adventures to development programs. Haba lang i-explain kasi. Pero, at least, we can all be one in food ‘di ba? For starters.

Basta, salamat for these ideas and your patience for reading my piece on your efforts. And for whatver it is worth to you, do pray for ours. Support…prayers…we need lots.

Cheers!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:02:37 +0000

DADD-F, Galing!!! I am so happy the marmalade and kalamansi cake worked for you! Yes, it is so nice to use our native and abundant ingredients…and if the results taste great…how satisfying! The kalamansi squares idea sounds good too… I hope more folks like you try these out. Thanks for letting me know how your experiments turned out! :)

By: DADD-F

DADD-F — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:19:37 +0000

I don’t know if you ever review your old posts but I baked a calamansi cake last night, as inspired by your calamansi muffin. I like mine tart, with a lot of kick, so I was quite generous with the calamansi juice–fresh–and used up the rest of my calamansi marmalade and jelly. WOW! SARAP talaga! Thanks MM. My son absolutely loves it and am sure my labiduds will love it, too. I finished baking late last night (after baking my own recipes of camote pie cum pudding and the power bread I mentioned earlier) so he still has to try it.

Am further inspired to make calamansi squares intead of lemon squares. Mag-ipon muna ako ng pambili ng ingredients. I used up a lot of ingredients na and we happen to be among the almost-below-the-poverty-line people. Whatever, I’ll manage that, in time. Again, thanks for the idea MM!

By: DADD-F

DADD-F — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:18:34 +0000

MM, I just made both kalamansi marmalade and jelly last night. Oks! I also took the liberty of sharing the recipes with a neighbour. Pareho kasi kaming mahilig sa homemade, fruits, vegies as well as local, natural products. And tonight, I hope to make some kalamansi muffins o basta within the week, together with my power bread and camote pie para sa mag-ama ko.

Salamat and cheers!