Mochaccino muffins
Topping
50g butter, melted
2 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted
2 tbsp brown sugar
Muffin mixture
150g butter, softened
1 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups plain yoghurt
1 tbsp instant coffee mixed with 1 tbsp boiling water
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
3/4 cup chocolate chips or bits
1. Heat oven to 200°C. Grease a 12-hole large (Texas) muffin pan. Prepare the muffin topping by combining melted butter with cocoa and brown sugar.
2. Make the muffin mixture. Place butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until pale and creamy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then beat in the yoghurt and coffee mixture.
3 Gently stir in the sifted flour, stirring just enough to combine into a smooth mixture. Stir in chocolate. Spoon mixture into prepared tins. Spoon over prepared topping and swirl this into each muffin with a skewer.
4. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of one muffin comes out clean.
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