Earl Grey Poppy seed Muffins

I made these muffins from this recipe by rasberri cupcakes (one of my favorite baking blogs).  They came out just as delicious and satisfying as promised in the blog post.  I made them mini-size, and used the rest of the batter in a mini-loaf.  Why mini?  Perhaps I wanted to be different.  Or maybe I wanted to be able to eat more of them, telling myself it was OK since they're so small.

Here is my rack of muffins:

I followed the recipe as written, using Apricot Preserves for the glaze.  Don't skip this step! The preserves or marmalade give the muffins the right amount of extra sweetness - the muffins themselves are not too sweet.

As ordered in the recipe, I enjoyed a small pile of muffins with a cup of tea :).