Ingredients
- 300g self-raising flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- 250g caster sugar
- 125g butter
- 1 egg
- 180ml buttermilk
- 3tbsp of runny honey
- 2tbsp of orange juice
- 2tbsp of finely grated orange zest
- Icing for topping
- Marzipan for decoration
- Black icing for decoration
- Preheat the oven
- Line a 12 muffin tin with paper cases or lightly butter the tin if you aren't using cases.
- Sift the dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder and sugar together in a large mixing bowl.
- Melt the butter, cool and beat in the egg. Add the buttermilk, honey, orange juice and zest and mix together.
- Pour the mixed liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Don't over mix as the mixture will become heavy.
- Distribute the mixture between the muffin tins.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until the muffins are firm to the touch. Test that they are cooked with a skewer which should come out clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
- Add icing on top
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