Dark Chocolate Muffins

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

Dark indulgent treats. Dust with icing sugar for a professional finish.

Dark Chocolate Muffins Ingredients

200 grams	bar of dark chocolate broken Into squares
200 grams	Unsalted Butter Cubed
200 grams	Wholemeal Self Raising Flour (Allinson)
0.25 tsp	Baking Powder
0.25 tsp	Bicarbonate Of Soda
2 tbsp	Cocoa Powder Sieved
150 grams	Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
150 ml	Soured Cream
3	Happy Eggs Medium
2 tbsp	Billington's Golden Icing Sugar To decorate

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Heat the oven to 180C (fan 160C, gas 4). Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper muffin cases. Put the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl.
Microwave on medium (500W) for 2 minutes, stir and microwave for 2 more minutes until smooth. (Alternatively, rest the bowl over a pan of gently simmering water).
Stir together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cocoa powder and golden caster sugar in a large bowl.
In a jug, lightly mix together the soured cream and eggs. Pour into the dry ingredients with the melted chocolate mixture. Mix together until just combined.
Divide the mixture between the prepared paper cases and bake the muffins for 18 minutes until risen and firm. Cut a heart shape out of a piece of paper, rest paper over a muffin and dust with sieved icing sugar.