Homemade Cherry and Chocolate Muffins
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Among the wide variety of sweet homemade baked goods, thoughtful homemakers often choose soft, aromatic muffins. A quick and easy recipe makes this sweet treat stand out from other desserts. For example, cherry and chocolate muffins can be a wonderful breakfast for a wonderful start to the day.
The dough for these sweet chocolate cupcakes takes an average of 15 minutes to prepare, and baking time is no more than 20 minutes. By waking up just half an hour before your family, you'll have time to prepare a wonderful sweet treat, making your morning even more wonderful and energizing your family for the day. Another appealing feature is that you can give these homemade cupcakes a new flavor each time by adding different ingredients to the recipe: fruits, berries, cocoa, or, for example, chocolate.
Below is a detailed recipe for making chocolate and cherry muffins in a muffin maker—a modern device that allows you to thoroughly bake muffins on all sides and inside. Using this trendy kitchen gadget is completely optional. This same method for making sweet homemade muffins also works perfectly for baking in the oven.
Necessary ingredients
To prepare a sweet chocolate dessert at home and delight your family with a new, original treat, you should first stock up on the following ingredients:
- chicken eggs – 2 pieces;
- sugar – 250 g;
- butter – 100 g;
- drinking yoghurt – 200 g;
- cocoa powder – 3 tablespoons;
- flour – 250 g;
- salt – 0.5 teaspoon;
- baking powder – 1.5 teaspoons;
- cherries – 50 g (fresh or frozen);
- vanilla sugar or vanilla – ¼ teaspoon.
How to make chocolate and cherry muffins
- First, mix the eggs and sugar. Use a regular fork or a whisk.
- Pour melted and then cooled butter into the resulting substance.
- Add room-temperature drinking yogurt to the mixture. Recommended fat content: 1.5%.
- Sift flour thoroughly into a separate container.
- In the same bowl, add baking powder and salt.
- Then, add the vanilla to the bowl with the other ingredients. If you're using vanilla sugar, add it to the liquid egg mixture.
- Mix the dry ingredients, then sift the cocoa into the same container.
- Now the egg part of the dough should be combined with the dry part and everything should be thoroughly mixed until smooth.
- Place the prepared batter into a preheated muffin tin or silicone muffin cups. Place one cherry in each muffin.
- Baking time in a muffin maker is approximately 20 minutes. In a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius, bake for 20-25 minutes.
Decorate the finished, slightly cooled chocolate and cherry cupcakes with powdered sugar or, for example, coconut flakes. This wonderful dessert, perfect with tea or coffee, is ready to serve.
