Chocolate Fudge Muffins
photo by mortarandpestle
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
24 regular muffins
ingredients
- 400 g plain flour
- 250 g caster sugar
- 100 g light brown sugar (or muscovado)
- 50 g cocoa
- 9.85 ml baking powder
- 4.92 ml bicarbonate of soda
- 2.46 ml salt
- 3 eggs
- 150 ml sour cream
- 4.92 ml vanilla essence
- 125 ml vegetable oil
- 175 g butter, melted and cooled
- 300 ml water
- 175 g dark chocolate
- 250 g unsalted butter
- 275 g icing sugar, sifted
- 14.79 ml vanilla essence
directions
- Preheat oven to 180C and line 12 cup muffin tin with papers.
- In a large bowl sift together the flour, sugars, cocoa, baking powder, bicarbonate and salt.
- In another bowl whisk together the eggs, sour cream and vanilla until blended.
- In a third bowl, using a hand mixer, beat together the melted butter and oil until just blended then beat in the water (yes this really works).
- Add the dry ingredients to the oil mixture all at once and mix on low speed.
- Add the egg mixture and beat until everything is blended well.
- Fill each muffin cup 3/4 full and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Cool on wire rack while making icing.
- -- To make the icing --
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave (2-3 mins on medium) and let in cool slightly.
- In a large bowl beat the butter until it is soft and creamy and then add the sifted icing sugar and beat again until everything is light and fluffy.
- Gently add the vanilla and chocolate and beat until smooth.
- Ice the cupcakes with a spatula or piping bag.
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<br>I really love food.. both sweet and savoury but I primarily cook desserts. I cook everything from scratch and sell my cupcakes under my catering company Mortar & Pestle.