Friday 27 September 2013

Triple chocolate muffins

These were such a joy to make...recipe courtesy Mr.George Calombaris of Master Chef Australia fame....I have made a few alterations,due to unavailability of ingredients...i would also suggest trying these out with a wholegrain flour...I plan to do that soon,however if you beat me to it,do let me know...this takes an hour from start to finish and I have added a few extra steps for the novice baker...just that sometimes a heavy cake can turn out to be such a disappointment after all that hard work and precise measuring...would definitely make me not very chipper,if that were to happen to me ;))
Ingredients
Self raising flour 1 1/4 C
Oil 1/2 C
Milk 1 C
Eggs 2
Vanilla essence- 2 tsp (he suggests 1)
Dark Chocolate couverture 100 gms /Bournville dark chocolate/ Cadbury silk... cut into squares and refrigerate until use
Soft brown sugar 3/4 C...you could use 1 C too
Cocoa powder 1/2 C
12 white chocolate balls / marshmallows were used in the pic ;p
The triple choc is the cocoa,dark choc and white choc...feel free to play around with this recipe :))
Method:
Pre heat the oven to 200 C/ gas mark 4
Sift together the flour and cocoa
Mix in the sugar...set it aside
Now whisk together lightly in another bowl the milk,oil,eggs and vanilla
Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the milk mixture
Now,this is where you need to add that special ingredient...love...fold in gently and patiently,thinking of the person you are making it for :)...do not beat...this will take a few minutes of folding until you get a smooth consistency...it's worth it !
Now add the chocolate couverture or cold chocolate squares ad mix in
Line the muffin trays with the paper cups
Spoon in the mixture about half way,add the white chocolate ball/marshmallow and top with some more of the batter
Bake in the oven for about 12-15 mts or until a skewer inserted comes out clean
Let cool and serve
The original recipe says 12 muffins but I got 14 out of this quantity !

4 comments:

  1. sounds delicious! on my Sunday baking list this week :)

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    1. was totally yumm! tried it with whole wheat flour. it was surprisingly light and moist. i added 1 1/4 cups of brown sugar, though and substituted chocolate with choco chips and butterscotch. :) was a runaway hit! thanks, Shan!

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    2. Glad to hear it Shobhana....did you use butterscotch chips ?

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