Marbled Malteser Muffins

Sorry for the lack of posts recently I've been in and out of hospitals and A&E's all week . But now that im feeling better i had a craving for some muffins ! So i came up with Marbled Malteser Muffins :) These are my personal favorite.

Makes 12 Muffins

175g Self-raising Flour

150g Caster Sugar

150g Softened Unsalted Butter

3 Eggs

1tsp Vanilla Extract

1 Packet of Maltesers

1-2 Tbsp Milk as needed

1 Tbsp Cocoa Powder

For The Butter-cream Frosting

300g Icing Sugar

150g Unsalted Softened Butter

1 Tsp Vanilla Extract

1-2 Tsp Milk (as needed)

12 Maltesers for decoration

Method 

Line a Muffin tin with 12 paper cases ( I used two different colors because i made four with chopped walnuts) .Preheat oven to 180C.

Then sift the self-raising flour into a small mixing bowl and set aside. In a larger mixing bowl beat the butter and sugar for a few minutes until the mixture becomes pale and fluffy. Add the beaten eggs to the mixture a little at a time mixing well after each addition. Then add the flour and vanilla extract and combine. Lastly add one packet of crushed maltesers and mix them in.

Then remove about 1-2 Tbsp of the mixture into a small bowl and mix in the cocoa powder. Then divide the original vanilla mixture between the paper cases and add about half a teaspoon of the chocolate mix to each case and then mix with a knife or a toothpick and it should look like this :

Before...

After ! :)

Bake for between 18-20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.Leave to cool completely before covering with frosting. To make the frosting put the softened unsalted butter into a large bowl and sift in the icing sugar.Mix together by hand , be careful not to be too vigorous or you'll end up covered in icing sugar! Mix until there are no lumps and the icing sugar and butter are fully combined. Then spoon or pipe the frosting onto the cooled Muffins.

Then lastly decorate each with a malteser ! :)