Chocolate Orange Buttermilk Muffins
Chocolate, orange and tangy buttermilk perfectly balance in these delicious muffins. Great for breakfast or a snack.
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 2 cups (250g) plain flour
- 125g dark chocolate, grated
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons margarine, softened
- 3/4 cup (190g) white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1/4 cup (65ml) orange juice
- 1/2 cup (125ml) buttermilk
Directions
Preparation:25min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:45min
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan, or line with patty cups.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, dark chocolate, baking powder, bicarb soda and salt.
- In a separate medium bowl, cream together margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in the orange zest, orange juice and buttermilk. Pour into the flour mixture and mix just until evenly moist. Spoon batter into muffin cups.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean. Let muffins cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
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Reviews and Ratings
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it's yummy! i substituted the chocolate with chocolate chips. i couldn't find buttermilk so plain yogurt was the next best alternative. however, i couldn't taste the orange, i could smell the orange from the oven but it was lost in my mouth. therefore, i plan to add orange extract the next time. awesome muffins. i baked it for valentines and my frens loved it. thanks! - 18 Feb 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Tops! A light subtle flavor with touches of chocolate suspended throughout the cake. Very subtle and sophistocated. I used butter instead of margarine and cooked miniature muffins. Each morsel is a gourmet's delight. The combination of chocolate/orange makes it a little tricky to identify the flavor. Enhances its gourmet mystery. - 16 Feb 2002 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
instead of using grated chocolate, i used the cocoa powder conversion of three squares. also, i used the one bowl method where i dumped everything in and mixed it up real good. they still came out great! with very little effort i got muffins that were very chocolatey with just the right amount of orange flavor. - 19 Dec 2003 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)