Chocolate muffins with dark beer

AUTHOR
Avis Adkins
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 2
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 24
  • 150 g Dark chocolate coating
  • 4 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 125 g + 125 g sugar
  • 2 packages Vanilla sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 200 g + 200 g flour
  • 1 package Baking Powder
  • 50 g + 50 g cocoa powder
  • 75 ml + 75 ml oil
  • 75 ml + 75 ml buttermilk
  • 200 ml dark beer or Altbier (e.g. Köstritzer)
  • 200 ml Malt beer
  • 250 g Icing sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp a few drops of green food colouring
  • 24 (approx. 5 cm Ø) white paper baking cups

Directions

  1. 1

    Line the recesses of a muffin tray (12 recesses) with 1 paper baking tin each. Coarsely chop the chocolate coating.

  2. 2

    Cream 2 eggs, 125 g sugar, 1 packet of vanilla sugar and 1 pinch of salt with the whisks of the mixer. Mix 200 g flour, 1⁄2 packet of baking powder and 50 g cocoa. Alternately stir in 75 ml oil.

  3. 3

    Briefly stir in 75 ml buttermilk and 200 ml dark beer one after the other. Fold in 75 g chocolate coating. Spread the dough on the baking cups. In the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: see

  4. 4

    manufacturer) bake for about 18 minutes.

  5. 5

    In the meantime mix a second dough from the remaining ingredients and the malt beer.

  6. 6

    Remove the dark beer muffins and let them cool on a cake rack for about 10 minutes. Remove the muffins. Line the muffins with 12 more baking cups. Pour in malt beer dough and bake in the same way.

  7. 7

    Pass the icing sugar through a sieve. Mix with 8-10 tablespoons of water to a smooth glaze. Colour it grass-green with green food colouring. Spread the icing evenly over the muffins and leave to dry for approx. 1 1⁄2 hours.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
280 kcal
CARBS
39 g
FATS
10 g
PROTEINS
5 g