Chocolate Walnut Muffins

These rich, dark chocolatey muffins studded with walnuts and topped with creamy vanilla butter frosting and dusted with grated dark chocolate.

Ingredients : 

Unsalted Butter : 170g

Plain Chocolate : 140g

Castor Sugar : 200g

Dark Brown Sugar : 55g

Eggs : 4

Vanilla Essence : 1tsp

Almond Essence : 1tsp

Plain Flour : 110g

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder : 1tbsp

Walnuts Chopped : 115g

Method :

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 12 Cup muffin pan or use paper cases.

2. Melt the butter with the chocolate in the top of a double boiler or in a heatproof bowl set  over a pan of hot water. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.

3. Stir both the sugars into the  chocolate mixture. Mix in the eggs, 1at a time, then add the vanilla and almond essences.

4. Sift over the flour and cocoa.

5. Fold in and stir in the walnuts. 

6. Fill the prepared cups almost to the top and bake until a skewer inserted in the centre barely comes out clean, 10-15 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool completely.

Recipe Courtesy :  "Baking" by Martha Day.Sending it to Shabitha's event Virtual Party - Chocolaty Dreams.