Bonfire banquet: Chocolate bonfire muffins
MAKES 6
100ml whole milk
75ml groundnut oil
1 medium egg
1 tsp vanilla extract or bean paste
100g plain flour
25g cocoa powder
1 heaped tsp baking powder
90g light muscovado sugar
70g milk chocolate chunks
★ Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and arrange 6 paper muffin cases in a muffin rack. Whisk the milk, oil, egg and vanilla together in a large bowl. Sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder into another large bowl, then stir in the sugar.
★ Tip the wet ingredients into the dry ones and stir to loosely combine (the mixture should appear wet and lumpy but without visible traces of flour). Fold in the chocolate chunks. Fill the paper cases halfway. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until risen and crusty. Transfer to a rack and leave to cool.
DECORATING TIPS Make a butter icing by whisking 60g softened unsalted butter with 60g sifted icing sugar for 2-3 minutes or until pale and fluffy. Tint with a little orange food colouring (as pictured) or, for chocolate icing, whisk in 1 tsp cocoa powder. Dollop a heaped teaspoon on to each muffin then snap some orange Matchmakers into pieces and arrange on top to resemble logs. Dust with cocoa or icing sugar as desired.