After a fancy dessert like Religieuse, it was a must to make a simple, basic one and the first thing to come through my mind was chocolate – I always go back to it when in need of comforting desserts – but this time I put it in some muffins and moreover, I doubled the dose. Was that enough?! Obviously not and for a second I was tempted to turn these decadent double chocolate muffins into decadent cupcakes by topping them with a silky frosting, but then I thought that simplicity should prevale this time. And to be fair I wasn’t sorry for leaving them as simple as they are just because the double dose of chocolate is enough to turn them into amazing tiny treats – do add a cup of milk or a mug of warm tea next to them.. or why not your morning coffee.. and you’re set to have a lovely treat at any time of the day!

The recipe asks for coffee pwoder, but it’s not compulsory. I skipped adding it as my 5-year old likes to snack on these, but adding a touch of coffee really boosts the chocolate flavor so go ahead. Moreover, add a few white chocolate chips or some chopped nuts – see how easy it is to customize recipes?!



{Double Chocolate Muffins} - Muffins cu ciocolata Print Author: Olguta - Pastry Workshop Serves:: 16 Ingredients: 280g all-purpose flour

50g cocoa powder

1½ teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

2 eggs

180g white sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon instant coffee powder (optional)

85ml vegetable oil (like canola or sun-flower)

260ml milk

100g dark chocolate chips Directions: Pre-heat your oven to 350F - 180C and line your muffin tin with muffin papers. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. In a different bowl, mix the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until double in volume and pale. Stir in the vegetable oil, vanilla, coffee powder and milk and mix well. Add the flour mixture and mix just until incorporated. Using a spatula, fold in the chocolate chips. Pour the batter in your muffin tin, filling each muffin paper ¾ - these muffins tend to rise quite a lot. Bake for 15-20 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center of one muffin comes out clean. Wordpress Recipe Plugin by EasyRecipe 3.2.2929

ROMANIAN

Dupa reteta de Religieuse, se cerea un desert simplu si rapid si m-am intors la iubirea mea de-o viata – ciocolata… in doza dubla de aceasta data. Reteta in sine e cat se poate de simpla si o ador pentru ca uitati si voi cat de crescute sunt briosele astea! Si ce pufoase si aromate sunt, mai ales daca adaugati si cafeaua instant ce are rolul de a intensifica toate celelalte arome.

Ingrediente:

280g faina alba

50g cacao

1 1/2 lingurita praf de copt

1/2 lingurita bicarbonat de sodiu

1/4 lingurita sare

2 oua

180g zahar

1 lingurita extract de vanilie

1 lingurita cafea instant (optional)

85ml ulei vegetal

260ml lapte

100g fulgi de ciocolata neagra

Mod de preparare: