Chocolate miniature muffins are a very simple but incredibly delicious dessert. For their preparation no exotic products are required, and the process itself takes no more than an hour. Therefore, many housewives often bake airy porous muffins for their family . The classic recipe - with cocoa - will be presented in today's article.
Basic principles
Muffins belong to the category of those universal desserts that are suitable for any occasion. They can be served for evening tea or a festive table. They prepare so quickly that you have time to bake them for unplanned friendly gatherings.
The composition of such a dessert contains only simple and affordable products, most of which are almost always in every kitchen. Usually sugar, eggs, butter and wheat flour are added to the dough for miniature muffins. Some recipes use additional ingredients like milk, vanillin and baking powder. Often, various toppings such as dried fruits, berries, chocolate, marmalade or nuts are added to sweet cocoa muffins .
Classic option
To prepare this gentle appetizing dessert, you need to stock up on all the ingredients in advance. Your kitchen cabinets should have:
- 200 grams of quality margarine.
- A pair of tablespoons of cocoa powder.
- Three fresh chicken eggs.
- A glass of sugar and wheat flour.
As additional components will be used vegetable oil, soda and vanillin.
First, softened margarine and cocoa are combined in one dish. All mix well until smooth. After that, eggs are poured into the resulting mass, previously whipped with sugar in a dense white foam, sifted flour, soda and vanillin. The finished dough is laid out in molds lubricated with vegetable oil, and sent to the oven. Muffins are baked at two hundred degrees for a quarter hour.
Option with cherry
According to this recipe, you can quickly cook delicious mini-muffins. This dessert is so gentle and incomparable that it leaves no one indifferent. As a rule, such a dessert is eaten much sooner than baked. To make cocoa muffins (recipes will be presented later), you should check in advance whether there are all components in your kitchen. You will need the following products:
- Two glasses of wheat flour.
- Three chicken eggs.
- A bar of dark chocolate.
- Three tablespoons of cocoa powder.
- 100 grams of granulated sugar and butter.
Dried cherries, vanillin and baking powder will be used as additional ingredients.
Sequencing
In one container they combine eggs and granulated sugar. Beat everything well and mix with sifted flour, vanilla, baking powder and cocoa. Dried cherries, previously soaked in water, are sent to the resulting dough. All mix well until a homogeneous consistency.
Chocolate melted in a water bath and softened butter are introduced into the resulting mass. The finished dough is laid out in molds and sent to the oven, preheated to one hundred and eighty degrees. After about half an hour, the chocolate muffins with cocoa are removed from the oven and served for tea.
Banana Option
Mini-cupcakes baked according to this recipe have a delicate taste. They literally melt in your mouth, so your household will probably appreciate them. Before proceeding with the preparation of the dough, you need to go to the store and purchase all the necessary ingredients. The list you compiled should include the following ingredients:
- One and a half cups of wheat flour.
- Two fresh chicken eggs.
- Half a glass of vegetable oil.
- 55 grams of cocoa powder.
- Half a teaspoon of soda.
- A pair of large ripe bananas.
- A glass of granulated sugar.
- A teaspoon of baking powder.
Since cocoa muffins, photos of which can be seen below, will be covered with fondant, you will need additional components. It:
- 175 grams of condensed milk.
- A tablespoon of honey.
- 50 grams of butter.
- A bar of dark chocolate.
- A pinch of salt.
Process description
In one clean container they combine eggs, vegetable oil, granulated sugar, cocoa and bananas mashed with a fork. All is thoroughly mixed and the sifted flour with soda and baking powder is gradually added to the resulting mass.
The finished dough is laid out in tins and sent to the oven, heated to one hundred and eighty degrees. After a quarter of an hour they are removed from the oven and cooled. While the cocoa muffins are cooling, you can do fudge. Broken chocolate and butter are placed in a clean bowl and melt them in a water bath. In the resulting mass add condensed milk, salt and honey. All mix well and cool to room temperature. Baked mini muffins are covered with ready-made fudge and served for tea.
Option with fermented baked milk
This recipe will be a real find for working women who do not have much free time. To pamper your family with a delicious dessert with chocolate, you should inspect the contents of your own pantry in advance and, if necessary, buy all the missing products. This time, to bake cocoa muffins, you must have:
- 200 milliliters of ryazhenka.
- 100 grams of butter.
- A couple of tablespoons of cocoa powder.
- One and a half cups of flour.
- 180 grams of sugar.
- A spoonful of vinegar.
- Half a bar of chocolate.
- A teaspoon of soda.
To cover cocoa muffins, the above list needs to be expanded a bit. Additionally, 50 grams of chocolate and a couple of tablespoons of milk are added to it.
Cooking technology
Initially, raw eggs and sugar are placed in one bowl. Beat everything thoroughly until the smallest grains are completely dissolved. Then, fermented baked milk is gradually poured into the resulting mass, not forgetting to mix the contents of the dishes. After that, pre-melted butter is sent there.
Cocoa powder and pre-sifted flour are added to the total homogeneous mass. All are thoroughly mixed so as to get rid of lumps. At the final stage, soda quenched with vinegar is sent to a practically finished dough and transferred to paper, silicone or metal molds. It is important to ensure that they are only one third of the total volume filled. Crushed chocolate and a little more dough are placed on top. Filled molds are sent to the oven, warmed up to one hundred and ninety degrees in advance. After about half an hour, chocolate muffins ( cocoa recipe can be seen a little higher) removed from the oven and cool.
While the dessert is cooling, you can do watering. To prepare it, pour a couple tablespoons of milk into the chocolate melted in a water bath and mix well. Miniature cupcakes that have cooled down are poured with this mixture, decorated with slices of fresh fruit and served for tea.