Chocolate and Pear Muffins

Serves
12 muffins

Prep time
10 mins

Cooking time
20 mins

These Chocolate and Pear Muffins are perfect with a cup of tea or coffee. They are moist and fluffy, super rich, not too sweet, with a juicy sliver of succulent pear.

Ingredients

200 g plain flour
50 g cocoa powder
120 g icing sugar
110 g butter
40 g olive oil
100 g dark chocolate, broken into small pieces
1 tsp bicarb. of soda
1 tsp baking powder
150 g milk
2 medium eggs

FILLING

2 pears (not too ripe)

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (conventional oven)
Halve and core the pears, then cut each half into thirds.
Place the muffin ingredients in the Stand Mixer bowl and work into a creamy dough using the wire whisk (speed setting 2–4). Stop mixing as soon as the ingredients are well combined.
Divide the mixture evenly in a 12 cup muffin tray and place a slice of pear on top of each.
Bake the muffins in the pre-heated oven for 20 minutes.
Leave to cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing the muffins from the tray.