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Chocolate Fudge Muffins

Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Keyword chocolate, Chocolate Muffins, fudge, Muffins
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 12 Muffins

Ingredients

Muffins

  • 500 g Plain Flour
  • 3 tsp Baking Powder
  • 2 Eggs
  • 400 ml Milk
  • 200 ml Sunflower Oil
  • 200 g Caster Sugar
  • 50 g Cocoa Powder
  • 100 g Chocolate Chips
  • 100 g Milk Chocolate Melted

Buttercream

  • 1.36 kg Unsalted Butter
  • 200 g Pasteurized Egg Whites
  • 900 g Icing Sugar
  • 100 g Milk Chocolate Melted
  • 3 tbsp Cocoa Powder

Instructions

Muffins

  • Pre-heat your oven to 190C/170C Fan/ Gas Mark 5. Add muffin cases to the muffin tray.
  • Add your flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and chocolate chips and mix everything together.
  • Add your milk, oil, eggs, melted milk chocolate and sugar into another bowl and mix together. Then add these to the dry ingredients.
  • Mix all the ingredients together all combined and there are no lumps of flour.
  • Spoon the mixture into the tin/cases and bake in the oven for 35 minutes. Once baked, leave in the tray for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.

Buttercream

  • Measure egg whites and icing sugar into a bowl. Using the paddle attachment, beat on medium/high for 5 minutes until it is white and glossy.
  • Set mixer to medium, gradually add butter making sure all combined before adding next piece.
  • Once all the butter is incorporated then beat for 5-10 minutes on medium/high until light and fluffy.
  • Then add in the vanilla extract, cocoa powder and milk chocolate and fold in until fully incorporated.
  • Once the buttercream is ready, fill a piping bag with a round nozzle on the end and pipe on to the cooled cupcakes.