Chocolate-Orange-Almond Muffins
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
12 muffins
ingredients
- 60 g dark eating chocolate, chopped coarsely
- 4.92 ml finely-grated orange rind
- 157.80 ml orange juice (160ml)
- 90 g butter, softened
- 236.59 ml firmly packed soft brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 157.80 ml self-raising flour (100g)
- 29.58 ml cocoa powder
- 78.78 ml almond meal (40g, I have used flaked almonds crushed in a food processor as a substitute)
directions
- Pre-heat oven to moderately slow (170ºC) and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper liners.
- Combine chocolate, rind and juice in a small saucepan; stir over low heat until smooth.
- Beat butter, sugar and eggs in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Stir in sifted flour and cocoa powder, almond meal and warm chocolate mixture.
- Divide among the muffin holes smoothing the surface of the muffins.
- Bake for approximately 25 minutes depending on your oven. Test with a skewer to be sure.
- Cool and dust with icing sugar to serve.
- Note: These can be iced if you like, I suggest Recipe #89207.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
joanna_giselle
Australia