Chocolate Muffins with a Sexy Sauce

A Muffin is an exorbitant 50 Rs a piece in Bangalore- Half my appetite goes away when i fish out the 50 Rs note to pay for my muffins !! To top it all- the menacing look from my husband who cant understand why would anyone pay 50 Rs for a cake that looks like a mushroom, kills rest of my appetiteI have been wanting to bake some muffins for a long time but did not have the right baking utensils to do so and then finally my sister who was coming down from UK to visit me, became my messiah- she got me the perfect mould to bake my muffins !There are like a 100000 recipes for muffins available online but it was “The Passionate Cooks” recipe for Triple Chocolate Muffin that I decided to try, of course i have slightly amended it here and there.

You Need :For the Muffin

1. Dark Chocolate- 250 g (Broken in to pieces)
2. Caster Sugar/Powdered Sugar- 160 g
3. Butter- 250 g
4. Eggs- 4 nos
5. Baking Powder- 20 g
6. Flour (Maida)- 250 g
7. Milk- 60 ml

For the Sauce

1. Dark Chocolate- 75 g or 3/4^th Cup (Broken in to pieces)
2. Butter- 10 g or 2 tbsp
3. Golden Syrup- 2 tbsp (Heated)
4. Cream- 3 tbsp

This is how you make it :Muffin

1. Pre heat the oven to 200 C
2. Melt the dark chocolate, sugar and the butter by double boiler method
3. Remove from fire and let the mixture cool.
4. Beat in eggs one by one in to the mixture.
5. Fold in the flour and baking powder.
6. Finally add the milk to loosen the consistency of the mixture.
7. Pour the mixture in to the moulds and bake for 15-20 minutes until cooked through and well risen.

Sauce

1. Melt the chocolate with the butter.
2. Remove from fire.
3. Mix in the golden syrup and the cream.
4. Serve hot.

Serving Tips : Gently pour 2 tsp sauce over the muffin and serve hot.Good Reading:

1. Nigella’s Chocolate Muffin
2. Pinch my Salts’s Dark Chocolate Muffin
3. My Log My Blog’s Organic Chocolate Chip Muffin
4. A Cat in the Kitchen’s Chocolate Muffin
5. Gourmet A Go Go’s Double Chocolate Muffin with Dried Fruits