White Chocolate and Strawberry Muffins
For my wife's birthday this year she decided that, rather than a proper birthday cake, she wanted some white chocolate and strawberry muffins. These are a standard muffin mix with white chocolate chunks and freeze dried strawberry pieces, with a strawberry jam centre. Definitely a cake that is rich, sweet and indulgent. Recipe - Makes 8 For the muffins: 75g melted butter 1 egg, beaten 120ml milk 100g caster sugar 200g plain flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda 50g white chocolate, chopped Handful of freeze dried strawberries, chopped 8 tsp strawberry jam Melted butter and flour, for preparing the tin For the topping and decoration: 40g white chocolate, melted Freeze dried strawberry pieces Prepare the muffin tin by brushing a small amount of melted butter in 8 holes of a muffin tin. Dust with flour and tip out the excess. Alternatively, you could use muffin cases to line the tin. Set aside until needed. Whisk th...
