Recipes by Barbara Northwood

Choc Cherry Muffins

Dec 07 08:26am

Serves
Makes 16

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
90g butter, melted
1 cup milk
1/2 cup White Choc Bits
2 x 55g Cherry Ripe bars, finely chopped
melted chocolate and extra chopped Cherry Ripe bars to decorate

Method
1 Line 16 holes of 2 x 12-hole muffin pans with paper cases (1/3-cup capacity).
2 Combine sifted flour and cocoa with sugar in a large bowl. Stir in eggs, butter, milk, Choc Bits and Cherry Ripe bars until just combined. Spoon a 1/4-cup of mixture into each paper case.
3 Cook in a moderately hot oven, 190C, for about 20 minutes, or until cooked when tested. Remove muffins from pans; cool on a wire rack.
4 To decorate muffins, spread a little melted chocolate in the centre of each one; top with a piece of extra Cherry Ripe.