You will use this Creme Fraiche recipe more than you think. Unlike real creme fraiche (which you use for baking), faux creme fraiche should be used only as a topping or filling. So easy to make and so delicious. More homemade dessert recipes at the end of the page.
Use this when you want the tang of crème fraiche, but don’t have any on hand. For a firmer, tangier cream, you can play with the proportions of heavy cream to sour cream.
Start by reversing the amounts (using 3/4 cup sour cream to 1/2 cup heavy cream), then adjust the proportions by adding more heavy cream to suit your taste.
1/2 cup sour cream 3/4 cup cold heavy cream sugar to taste 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Place the sour cream into a medium bowl. Whip the heavy cream until it hold soft to medium peaks - you don’t want it to be too firm. Scrape down and fold the ingredients together with a rubber spatula.
PREHEAT oven to 400 degrees. Grease or use paper lined muffin tin; set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Combine eggs, milk, oil and strawberry extract. Stir into the dry ingredients and mix JUST until incorporated (there will be lumps). Fold in quartered strawberries.
Spoon into greased muffin tins and sprinkle tops lightly with white sugar. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar and top with a dollop of cream cheese frosting. Nestle a halved strawberry on top and smile. You just created a "good thing."
Strawberry Banana Muffins add 3/4 cups strawberries and 3/4 cup chopped banana
Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins add 1 cup strawberries and 1/2 cup chopped rhubarb