Choc-orange muffins

Orange and chocolate are a match made in heaven. Try these zesty chocolate muffins for your next afternoon tea.

Recipe «Choc-orange muffins» presented in category Recipes / Desserts, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 175g butter, chopped, at room temperature, 175g dark chocolate, chopped, 1 cup brown sugar, 3 eggs, lightly beaten, 1 orange rind, finely grated , 1 cup self-raising flour, 2 tablespoon cocoa, 6 slices orange, halved .

Ingredients:

• 175g butter, chopped, at room temperature 
• 175g dark chocolate, chopped 
• 1 cup brown sugar 
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten 
• 1 orange rind, finely grated 
• 1 cup self-raising flour 
• 2 tablespoon cocoa 
• 6 slices orange, halved 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180C or 160C fan. Line a 12-hole, 1/3-cup muffin pan with paper cases.
2. Melt butter and chocolate in a heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring until smooth. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat.
3. Add eggs and rind and beat with a wooden spoon until well-combined.
4. Sift flour and cocoa and fold into mixture, until just combined. Fill prepared pans and top each with a slice of orange. Bake for 20-25 mins, until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.