I Love Baking - New Ideas and Inspiration

I love food, I love cooking, I love baking!!! There is just something about the smell of freshly baking cookies and cake that seems to call to me every time. It is almost an obsessive need to flow with that scent that lingers in the air and just have it all around you all the time. Baking was something I had grown up around and pretty much forgotten about since awhile. I have had my mum experiment with so many different cakes and dishes which made me want to try some for myself.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Chocolate Muffins with Hot Chocolate Custard

INGREDIENTS

1 tbsp cocoa powder

100g self-raising flour

½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

50g golden caster sugar

100ml skimmed milk

1 egg

2 tbsp sunflower oil , plus extra for greasing

FOR THE HOT CHOCOLATE CUSTARD

2 x 150g pots low-fat custard

25g dark chocolate , chopped

METHOD

1. Heat oven to 170C/fan 150C/gas 5. Brush 6 holes of a muffin tin with a drop of oil. Sieve the cocoa into a large bowl, then add the rest of the dry ingredients. Stir to combine, then make a well in the centre.

2. Beat the milk, egg and oil together in a jug, pour into the well, then stir quickly to make a batter. Spoon into the muffin tin, then bake for 15 mins or until risen and firm to the touch. Heat the custard in the microwave according to instructions, or in a pan, then tip in the chopped chocolate and stir until smooth. Turn the puddings into bowls and pour the custard over.