Double espresso muffins

AUTHOR
Lenora Decker
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 3
Rise and shine, Princess. There are lively espresso muffins with chocolate toppings and coffee cream waiting (they taste just as good in the afternoon, of course)
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 12
  • 100 ml neutral vegetable oil
  • 2 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Yoghurt
  • 100 ml Espresso (room temperature)
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Espresso (room temperature)
  • 200 g Flour
  • 1 pck (5 g each) Baking soda
  • 200 g Dark chocolate
  • 50 g Pecan kernels
  • 250 g soft butter
  • 150 g Icing sugar
  • 125 g Whipped cream
  • 12 Paper baking cups (à 5 cm Ø)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Piping bag with spout
  • 7-10 Tbsp Baking cocoa

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 180 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Line the twelve cavities of a muffin tray with paper cups. For the muffin dough, mix oil, eggs, yoghurt, sugar and 100 ml espresso. Mix flour and baking soda. Mix briefly with the egg and oil mixture until all ingredients are evenly mixed. Spread the dough into the moulds. Bake in a hot oven for 15-20 minutes.

  2. 2

    Finely chop the chocolate and nuts. Remove the muffins from the oven and immediately sprinkle with about half of the chocolate. Let the chocolate melt briefly and spread it (see tip). Sprinkle the nuts on top. Let the muffins cool down.

  3. 3

    For the buttercream, whisk butter and icing sugar for approx. 4 minutes until light creamy. Gradually stir in 5 tablespoons of espresso. Pour cream into a piping bag with a star-shaped spout and squirt onto the muffins. Chill for about 30 minutes.

  4. 4

    Heat the cream for the icing. Take it off the stove. Melt the rest of the chopped chocolate while stirring. Let it cool down for about 5 minutes and drizzle over the muffins. Dust with cocoa as desired.

  5. 5

    Sprinkle chopped chocolate immediately on the hot muffins. Spread with a small pallet or the back of a tablespoon.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
540 kcal
CARBS
42 g
FATS
38 g
PROTEINS
6 g