Danish Coffee Cream Puff Muffins

lazyme's Note:

From The Joy of Muffins - The International Muffin Cook Book. Here's what the intro says about this recipe. Danish desserts make ample use of cream, sour cream and butter from Denmark's thriving dairies. A walk through Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens is hardly complete without sampling the luxurious creamy Danish desserts which inspired this light sour cream muffin with the mocha cream filling. Try it with dark Scandinavian coffee for a special dessert treat.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 muffins

• 5 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground chocolate or 1 teaspoon cocoa
• 1 3/4 cups unbleached flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. In a small bowl mix together the cream cheese, instant coffee, powdered sugar and chocolate.
2. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
4. In another bowl, whisk eggs with sour cream, sugar and vanilla.
5. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the egg, sour cream mixture, stirring for 10 seconds.
6. Dough will be quite thick.
7. Spoon batter into greased muffin pans to about one-third full.
8. Then drop a heaping teaspoonful of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each muffin, being sure it doesn't touch the edges of the pan.
9. Top with the remaining batter, making sure it covers the filling.
10. Place into preheated oven on center rack and bake until done.
11. Bake at 375 degrees 18 to 20 minutes.

Reviews

[pammyowl]

Yum, these were so good! I used cocoa instead of chopped chocolate. Also, I mixed the wet with the dry ingredients and let sit for 10 mn. so the flour could absorb the liquid. Thanks for posting a real keeper! Made for Name that Ingredient tag game

[Baby Kato]

Delicious muffins Lazyme. They had a great flavor, were not sweet, with a light, tender texture and great crumb. Hard to believe that so little coffee cream produced such a pronounced presence. Everyone really enjoyed these muffins which I served with bold coffee. I did garnish with a little icing sugar. Thank you for sharing this delicious treat. Made for PAC Spring Safari 2013.