Recipe: Muffins of decadence

[winter]

My colleagues won't let a birthday pass by without a demand for sweets, so I spent this evening baking alarming quantities of muffins ~.~

But! For the first time I made up a muffin recipe almost from scratch, and had it come out right :D


Dry ingredients:
2.5 cups of flour
0.5 cup of dark cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
0.5 teaspoon baking powder
0.5 teaspoon salt
Generous amount of gingerbread spice mix

Wet ingredients:
3 eggs
0.5 cup of milk
0.5 cup of Greek yoghurt
0.75 cup of oil (should be sunflower, but I only had rice oil...)
0.5 cup of strong instant coffee
0.25 cup of dark rum
1 tablespoon dark honey

Mix dry, mix wet, mix together, add a cup / 200g / 2 tablet-fulls of dark chocolate chips and half a cup of golden/sultana raisins. Fill small muffin/cupcake tins, into the oven for 20 minutes. Repeat until out of batter.

Break up another tablet of dark bitter chocolate into a microwaveable bowl, add a splash of milk, microwave until the chocolate is soft and can be mixed with the milk into a ganache. Frost.

Feed to sugar-starved coworkers and rest assured they won't have the mind to ask which birthday this is.

Now to sleep, and wake up a year older...

Comments

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

Hippo birdies, chef! :D

[winter]

Thankee :> It's been a very decent year.

[yumenotatsu.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

[winter]

Thank you :) Need to get something Takarazuka to celebrate it, haven't shopped in far too long.

[yumenotatsu.livejournal.com]

That's a sensible way to celebrate))))

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

And now I'm hungry... ;-D

EDIT: Oh! Happy Birthday!! Hope it's a great one for you!

[winter]

Well, one mini-muffin is the right size for a daily treat ;)

[alice_montrose]

Sounds extra-yummy! I shall have to try these at some point!

Happy birthday! <3

[winter]

The rum adds that oomph :) I love cooking with rum.

[awickedman.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, with wishes of happiness, wisdom, strength, endurance and a better year than previous years. And many other years better than ever before. :3

[winter]

Thank you :) And thanks for adding me!

[awickedman.livejournal.com]

Thank you for having me added back. :)

And you're welcome. : 3

[new_vogue_ravyn.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday, and those muffins sound yummy. Be sure to keep a couple back for yourself. :)

[winter]

I made far, far too many :)

[greenie1980.livejournal.com]

Wow, sounds awesome! And... Happy Birthday to you!!! :o)

[winter]

Thanks :) Muffins came out right, at least.

[maruizhen.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! Have a lovely day.
And your coworkers are so lucky, those muffins sound delicious. :)

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

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Also, suddenly, these random birthday kittens!

[winter]

KITTENS!