Chocolate & Orange Marble Muffins
Makes 12 large muffins
Yield
12 servingsPrep
15 minCook
30 minReady
45 minIngredients
225g butter
225g caster sugar
4 large eggs
225g self-raising flour
100g plain chocolate
2 teaspoons orange essence
zest of a large orange
juice of half a large orange
2 tablespoons of milk
Ingredients
225g butter
225g caster sugar
4 large eggs
225g self-raising flour
100g plain chocolate
2 teaspoons orange essence
zest of a large orange
juice of half a large orange
2 tablespoons of milk
Directions
Preheat oven to 160C or gas mark 4 (fan oven).
Blend butter and sugar together, then add eggs mixing well after each egg. Add flour and mix until mixture is smooth. Alternatively, add these ingredients into a mixer and blend until smooth.
Melt chocolate in a large bowl over a pan of boiling water (or Bain Marie), remove from the heat, add half the mixture and the milk and mix well.
Add the orange juice, zest and orange essence to the remaining mixture.
Alternate spoons of the chocolate and orange mixes into muffin cases and using a toothpick, skewer or something else thin drag the mixture across and up and down a couple of times to create the marble effect.
Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer in the middle comes out clean.
