Chocolate Cherry Muffins
By Princes Recipes
Published on 09 July 2020
Quick and easy to make, these delicious muffins will be an instant family favourite!Time and servings
40 minsTotal time
12Servings
15 minsPrep time
25 minsCooking time
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp of cocoa powder
- 225 g of plain flour
- 2 tsp of baking powder
- 0.5 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
- 250 ml of milk
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 150 g of caster sugar
- 1 large egg
- 90 g of butter, melted
- 1 good handful of chocolate flake, or curls, to decorate
- 300 g of medium fat soft cheese
- 30 g of icing sugar
- 1 princes black cherry fruit filling
- 0.5 tsp of salt
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/Gas Mark 5. Put 12 paper muffin cases into a muffin tin.Step 2
Sift the flour, salt, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar.Step 3
In a jug, beat the egg, milk and vanilla extract together, then stir in the melted butter. Pour into the dry ingredients and add half the can of Princes Black Cherry Fruit Filling. Stir until just combined - do not beat!Step 4
Share the mixture between the muffin cases. Bake for 23-25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.Step 5
Mix the soft cheese and icing sugar together. Use to top the muffins, along with the remaining Black Cherry Fruit Filling and some crumbled chocolate flake or chocolate curls.