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Iced Chocolate Muffins

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Introduction

Ingredients

Makes: 12 muffins

Metric Cups

For the Muffins:

  • 150 millilitres milk
  • 65 grams plain chocolate drops
  • 150 grams caster sugar
  • 65 grams butter (softened)
  • 1 egg
  • 150 grams self-raising flour

For Decorating:

  • 75 grams butter (softened)
  • 175 grams icing sugar (sifted)
  • 2 drops vanilla essence
  • 2 teaspoons milk
  • small sweets and sugar sprinkles

For the Muffins:

  • 5 fluid ounces milk
  • 2¼ ounces plain chocolate drops
  • 5⅓ ounces superfine sugar
  • 2¼ ounces butter (softened)
  • 1 egg
  • 5⅓ ounces self-rising flour

For Decorating:

  • 2⅔ ounces butter (softened)
  • 6⅙ ounces confectioners' sugar (sifted)
  • 2 drops vanilla essence
  • 2 teaspoons milk
  • small sweets and sugar sprinkles

Method

Iced Chocolate Muffins is a community recipe submitted by Kafuffle and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

For the muffins:

  • Preheat the oven to 375ºF and put 12 paper cases into a muffin tin.
  • Put the milk, chocolate drops and 50g of the caster sugar into a small saucepan. Gently heat it on a low heat.
  • When everything in the pan has melted, take the pan off the heat. Then, leave to cool.
  • Put the butter into a large bowl and stir it until it is creamy. Add the rest of the sugar and stir the mixture until it is fluffy.
  • Break the egg into a mug. Stir it with a fork. Stir half of the egg into the bowl, then add the rest and stir it in, too.
  • Sift in half the flour. Add half of the chocolate mixture and stir it in. Then, mix in the rest of the flour and chocolate.
  • Spoon the mixture into the cases. Bake the muffins for 15 minutes. Carefully life them out and put them onto a wire rack to cool.
  • For the icing:

  • Put the butter into a large bowl and stir until it is creamy. Add some of the icing sugar and stir it in.
  • Add the rest of the icing sugar, a little at a time, stirring it in well. Add the vanilla and milk, then stir them in, too.
  • Peel the cases off the muffins. Spread the icing on the muffins using a knife. Then, press sweets and sugar sprinkles into the icing.
  • For the muffins:

  • Preheat the oven to 375ºF and put 12 paper cases into a muffin tin.
  • Put the milk, chocolate drops and 50g of the superfine sugar into a small saucepan. Gently heat it on a low heat.
  • When everything in the pan has melted, take the pan off the heat. Then, leave to cool.
  • Put the butter into a large bowl and stir it until it is creamy. Add the rest of the sugar and stir the mixture until it is fluffy.
  • Break the egg into a mug. Stir it with a fork. Stir half of the egg into the bowl, then add the rest and stir it in, too.
  • Sift in half the flour. Add half of the chocolate mixture and stir it in. Then, mix in the rest of the flour and chocolate.
  • Spoon the mixture into the cases. Bake the muffins for 15 minutes. Carefully life them out and put them onto a wire rack to cool.
  • For the icing:

  • Put the butter into a large bowl and stir until it is creamy. Add some of the confectioners' sugar and stir it in.
  • Add the rest of the confectioners' sugar, a little at a time, stirring it in well. Add the vanilla and milk, then stir them in, too.
  • Peel the cases off the muffins. Spread the icing on the muffins using a knife. Then, press sweets and sugar sprinkles into the icing.
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