VALENTINE’S CHOCOLATE AND CHILLI MUFFINS

This heart shaped chocolate cake will be the perfect dessert for your romantic dinner menu or a way to start the day with a romantic breakfast.

INGREDIENTS:

• ½ cup milk
• 7 oz dark chocolate
• 1 cup 3 tbs sugar
• 3.5 oz butter
• 1 cup 2 tbs flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 packet yeast
• 1 tbs cointreau
• a pinch of salt
• 1 chilli pepper

METHOD

• Add the chili to the milk and heat the mix over low heat, when it boils turn off and left to rest for 15 minutes.
• Melt the chocolate with milk and butter in a bowl; then add the Cointreau, cocoa powder and a pinch of salt.
• Meanwhile preheat the oven to 365°F.
• Whisk the eggs with the sugar in a big bowl.
• Next, add the yeast and the flour while keeping on whisking.
• Add the mixture to the melted chocolate.
• Pour the mixture into a buttered cake pan and cook in the oven for 18/20 minutes;
• Remove from the mold and place on a serving dish

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