Easter Muffins
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Serves: 12
 
A simple chocolate muffin, decorated with a simple frosting and mini chocolate eggs for Easter
Ingredients
  • 1½ Cups All Purpose Flour, Unbleached
  • ½ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • ⅛ Tsp Salt
  • ½ Cup Light Brown Sugar
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 1 Cup Buttermilk
  • 6 Tbsp Sunflower Oil or Melted Butter (cooled)
  • Frosting:
  • 6 Tbsp Butter, Softened
  • 1½ Cups Confectioners' Sugar
  • 1 Tbsp Milk
  • A small pack of Sugar Coated Mini Chocolate Eggs, to decorate
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400F
  2. Grease a 12 cup muffin pan or line with liners
  3. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt into a large bowl
  4. Stir in the brown sugar
  5. Lightly beat eggs in a large measuring jug. Beat in the buttermilk and oil
  6. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the buttermilk liquid
  7. Stir until just combined. Do not over mix
  8. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan
  9. Bake for 20 minutes
  10. Allow muffins to cool in the pan for about 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool completely
  11. Frosting:
  12. In a large bowl, beat the butter until light and fluffy
  13. Sift in the confectioners' sugar and beat together until smooth and creamy
  14. Lastly, beat in the milk
  15. When the muffins are cooled completely, put the frosting in a pastry bag with a large star tip attached and pipe a circle around the top of each muffin to form a "nest"
  16. Place chocolate eggs in the centre of each nest as decoration
Recipe by Lovely Pantry at https://lovelypantry.com/2012/04/easter-muffins/