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Mocha Muffins ~咖啡满芬


Today I'm sharing with you a two flavoured muffin and undoubtedly coffee and chocolate is a perfect match.   To give more oomph to these muffins I added in some chocolate bits and these mufins are best served on the day of baking.








Recipe for Mocha Muffins ~ 咖啡满  ( adapted from 'here' with modifications)


Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup Buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1/4 cup black coffee
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 225 gm plain flour
  • 10 gm unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 120 gm brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • a pinch of salt
  • 100 gm coarsely chopped lightly roasted walnuts
  • 100 gm dark choc bits
Method
  1. Sift or whisk flour with cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.  Mix in the brown sugar and chopped nuts.
  2. With a hand whisk eggs, buttermilk, oil, coffee and vanilla.
  3. With a spatula, fold  the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.  Add in the choc bits.  Fold till just combined.
  4. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into the paper lined muffin cups and bake in a preheated oven at 190 deg. C for 18 to 20 mins.
  5. Yield :  12 muffins






I'm linking this post to the  'Little Thumbs Up' event and the theme for Februray is 'Cocoa'
organised by Zoe of  Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen of  My Little Favourite DIY  and 
hosted by  
Grace of  Life can be Simple

Comments

  1. Cheah, Your pics are all so pretty! Makes me want to grab one mocha muffin through my screen! :D

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  2. Good morning Cheah,
    I love any sharing of coffee and this one look to die for!
    Btw I can't see the actual amount of the buttermilk that using in this recipe. May I know pls,thank you.

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    1. Thanks for asking. I missed it out. It's 1.2 cup buttermilk. Have updated the post already. Thanks once again.

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  3. Hi Cheah,
    I love how beautifully these muffins are bake.
    Oh!! I can smell them from here lol
    It would be so nice to have with a glass of cold milk!
    Thanks for sharing this to LTU!
    mui

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  4. They look scrumptious! I am not a coffee drinker, but strangely that I love baking with it.

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    1. Ha, ha, that's funny. I'm not a die hard coffee drinker too, can do without it.

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  5. Coffee and chocolate is really delicious combination! I wouldn't argue about that! These muffins look great.. yummy!

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  6. Hi Soke Hah, I love how this cupcake rose and cracked. Must bake this after I have finished the Orange Choc Chips cupcakes which I baked today.

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    1. These are best eaten warm. You can heat up leftovers the next day!

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  7. Wow..this looks yummy! I'm imagining this with tea at 4pm later.. ..'imagine' only -_-

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    1. I'd like to share these with you if you were my neighbour :)

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  8. Indeed black coffee + dark chocolate ! must be yummy-licious! Perfect for afternoon tea break ... wish I could have I to enjoy ... hee hee !

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  9. Cheah, I would love to eat these muffins while they are still warm!

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