14Cheesecake Muffins with Double Chocolate
Makes 12
Preparation time: 30 minutes + cooling
Baking time: 30 minutes
FOR THE MUFFINS:
20g (¾ oz) unsalted butter, plus extra for the
moulds
50g (1¾oz) dark chocolate (75% cocoa solids)
125g (4½oz) plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
25g (scant 1oz) cocoa powder
90g (3oz) caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla powder
125ml (4fl oz) milk
1 large egg
100g (3½oz) chocolate sauce, to serve
Icing sugar, for dusting
FOR THE CHEESECAKE MIXTURE:
250g (9oz) full-fat cream cheese
30g (1oz) caster sugar
1 egg
FOR THE CHOCOLATE CRUMBLE:
100g (3½oz) plain flour
20g (¾oz) cocoa powder
40g (1¼oz) caster sugar
60g (2oz) unsalted butter, chopped, at room
temperature
EQUIPMENT:
12-hole muffin tray
12 paper muffin cases- Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F/Gas 5).
Butter the muffin moulds, or insert a paper
case into each. - To make the muffins, melt the butter in
a saucepan over a low heat. Chop the dark
chocolate into small pieces and melt it in a
heatproof bowl suspended over simmering
water (don’t let the bowl touch the water). Mix
the flour in a bowl with the baking powder,
cocoa powder, sugar, and vanilla powder. - Stir the melted butter, milk, and egg in a
bowl with a balloon whisk until smooth. Pour
the milk and egg mix into the flour mixture
and stir with the balloon whisk just long
enough to ensure that all the ingredients are
well combined. Finally, fold in the melted dark
chocolate. Spoon the mixture evenly between
the muffin tray moulds or cases. - To make the cheesecake cream, stir the
cream cheese with the sugar and egg in a bowl
until smooth and divide evenly between the
muffins.
Bake to Impress by Christian Hümbs.
Published by DK, £14.99.
Photography by Jan C. Brettschneider- To make the chocolate crumble, rub all the
ingredients together with your fingertips in a
bowl. Scatter evenly over the muffins. - Bake on the middle shelf of the preheated
oven for around 30 minutes. Remove from
the oven and let the muffins cool in the tin.
Take them out of the tin and decorate with
chocolate sauce and icing sugar.