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Chocolate Ganache Muffins

A chocolate muffin studded with chocolate chips, filled with a dreamy ganache and topped with a chocolate buttercream. You choose what the final outcome will be!
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Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 15 large cupcakes or 24 medium sized

Ingredients

Chocolate Muffins - Ngā Mawhene Tiakarete

  • ⅔ C  miraka (milk)
  • 1 tbsp wai rēmana (lemon juice) or winika (vingar)
  • ⅔ C kōkō (cocoa)
  • 1 tsp paura kawhe (instant coffee, optional but this helps amp up the chocolate flavour)
  • ½ tsp tote (salt, fine)
  • ½ C wai wera (hot water, boiled)
  • 1 C huka one (caster sugar)
  • 2 hēki (eggs, size 6)
  • 1 tbsp iho hūperei (vanilla essence)
  • ⅔ C noni (oil, neutral oil, I use rice bran)
  • 1 ⅓ C puehu parāoa noa (plain flour)
  • ⅔ C (70 g) peru oneone (ground almonds)
  • 1 tsp pēkana paura (baking powder)
  • ¼ tsp pēkana houra (baking soda)
  • ¾ C (170 g) titipi tiakarete (chocolate chips, you can add less of these if you want or omit them completely)

Chocolate Ganache - Te Kīrimi Tiakarete

  • 150 g tiakarete (I used 60% dark chocolate but use what you prefer)
  • ¼ C miraka (milk)
  • 50 g pata (butter)

Chocolate Buttercream - Pani Reka Tiakarete (Optional)

  • 100 g tiakarete parauri (dark chocolate)
  • 2 tbsp miraka (milk)
  • 125 g pata kūteretere (softened butter)
  • ⅓ C puehu huka (icing sugar)
  • 3 tbsp kōkō (cocoa)
  • 1 tsp wanira (vanilla)

Instructions

Chocolate Muffins - Ngā Mawhene Tiakarete

  • Pre-heat the oven to 150 °C.
    Prepare 2 x 12 capacity muffin tray with muffin liners.
  • Add the miraka (milk) and wai rēmana (lemon juice) or winika (vinegar) in to a large cup. Stir and leave aside. We are creating buttermilk here.
  • Add the kōkō (cocoa), paura kawhe (coffee powder), tote (salt) and wai wera (hot water) in to medium bowl. Koheritia - whisk it. Add the huka one (caster sugar) and whisk again, this helps cool down the mixture and loosen it.
  • Add a hēki (egg) at a time and whisk after each addition. Drizzle in the noni (oil), miraka pata (buttermilk) and iho hūperei (vanilla essence) as you whisk continuously.
  • To a large bowl, sift in the puehu parāoa (flour), peru oneone (almond meal), pēkana paura (baking powder) and pēkana houra (baking soda). Make a well in the middle.
  • Pour the chocolate mixture in to the dry ingredients and whisk for 30 seconds until it has all come together. Fold through the titipi tiakarete (chocolate chips).
  • Add the batter to each cupcake case until they are 3/4 full. Once the cases are ready, tap the muffin tray on the bench 3 times and then place them in the oven.
  • Bake for 20-22 minutes.
    They can be eaten just like this, warm from the oven with a little butter!
  • If you want to add the ganache, go to the next step.

Chocolate Ganache - Kirīmi Tiakarete

  • Add the tiakarete (chocolate), miraka (milk) and pata (butter) in to a heatproof bowl. Place it over a pot of barely simmering water and gently melt until it all comes together in a smooth ganache. Remove from the heat.
  • Using a small, pointed knife, cut out the middle of each cupcake. I like to cut it like a cone shape. Keep each piece next to the cupcake it belongs to.
  • Add a tablespoon or so of ganache in to each hole. Cut the tips off the lids and place them back on each of the muffins.
  • The cupcakes can be eaten gooey at this very moment!
    You can also allow them to cool them down and ice them for the final flourish.

Chocolate Buttercream - Pani Reka Tiakarete (Optional)

  • Melt the tiakarete (chocolate) and miraka (milk) over a pot of barely simmering water. You can also do it in 30 second bursts in the microwave, stirring after each burst. Once melted, leave to cool for 5 minutes.
  • Add the pata kūteretere (softened butter), puehu huka (icing sugar), kōkō (cocoa) and wanira (vanilla) in to a medium size bowl. Whip on high fro 3-5 minutes until light and fluffy.
  • Slowly add the cooled chocolate mixture in to the butter as you continue to whip.
  • Pipe on to the cooled cupcakes and top with some crushed cacao nibs and some sliced pieces of coconut wafers for height and fun!