Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients

• Oven Temp: 350F/180C
• Makes 25-40 (depending on the size of the pastry cups)
• Maida (refined flour) 1 ½ cups (180 g)
• Castor or powdered sugar 1 ½ cup (360 g)
• Butter ½ cup (120 g)
• Cocoa powder ½ cup (65 g)
• Hot Water ¾ cup (180 g)
• Vanilla Essence 1 tsp
• Baking Powder 2 ½ tsp
• Salt 1/4 tsp
• Eggs 3
• Pastry cups and muffin pans

Preparation

• Place the pastry cups in the muffin pans.

• Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and transfer into a mixing bowl.

• Add the salt, sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla and beat well till smooth.

• Add the hot water and beat again.

• Put the batter into the pastry cups (not more than ½ full) and bake in a pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes.

• Remove from the oven and leave to cool.