I- muffin ingumkhiqizo osayizi ngamunye, obhakwe.Lingase libhekisele izinto ezimbili ezingafani, ingxenye-ephakanyiswe flatbread ukuthi kubhakwa bese sasipheka ngesitofu emganwini oyincence (ngokuvamisile ezingenashukela) kanye ikhekhe -like quickbread (ngokuvamile ezinoshukela) ukuthi amakhemikhali esivutshelweyo bese ephekwe isikhunta.Ngenkathi ama-muffin esinkwa esheshayo evame ukuba mnandi, kunezinhlobonhlobo ezinomsoco ezenziwe ngezithako ezifana nommbila noshizi.Isinkwa esiyisicaba sivela eBrithani noma eYurophu, futhi sivela okungenani ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-18, ngenkathi isinkwa esisheshayo sivela eNyakatho Melika ngekhulu le-19.Kokubili kuvamile emhlabeni wonke namuhla. Umthombo owodwa wekhulu le-19 uphakamisa ukuthi "i-muffin" ingahle ihlobane nesinkwa samaGrikhi "maphula", "ikhekhe elibhakwe eziko noma i-griddle", noma kusuka ku-Old French "mou-pain" ("isinkwa esithambile"), okungenzeka yonakaliswe yaba "i-mouffin". Igama litholakala okokuqala linyathelisiwe ngo-1703, spelled moofin ; inemvelaphi engaqinisekile kepha kungenzeka ukuthi ithathwe kuMuffen waseGerman ophansi, ubuningi beMuffe okusho ikhekhe elincane, noma mhlawumbe ngokuxhumeka okuthile ku-Old French moufflet okusho ukuthamba, njengoba kushiwo ngesinkwa. Inkulumo ethi "muffin-man", okusho ukuthi umthengisi wasemgwaqeni wasemgwaqeni, kufakazwa enkondlweni ka-1754, efaka ulayini othi: "Hark!