6 May 2012

Chocolate cheesecake muffins

When it comes to desserts and sweet things, chocolate is unarguably my all time favourite. However, over the years I have tried out new and interesting desserts and chocolate has acquired few competitors:- macaroons, cheesecakes, cupcakes, muffins, special flavoured ice-cream... To be honest, this list could probably go on forever as I have an insatiable sweet tooth. So, whenever I am confronted with a desserts menu it always takes me ages to make up my mind - I want it all and at the same time!

Fortunately for me, some geniuses have come up with the idea of mixing all good things into one dessert. For example, I do not know a single person who does not like chocolate chip ice-cream (= ice-cream, chocolate, biscuits). Therefore, at least for me and my boyfriend (and for a quite few of my friends) these chocolate-cheesecake muffins tick most boxes when it comes to dessert - they have just enough of everything in them! The combination of chocolate and cheesecake just make those muffins melt in your mouth. They are great for picnics and parties (as they are fancy enough) and for satisfying all cravings at once. And just to top it off - they are soo easy and quick to make that there is never a good enough excuse not to give in to the temptation.


Ingredients
(Makes 12)
Chocolate mixture:
- 3.5 dl flour
- 0.5 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp baking soda
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 125g unsalted butter
- 2.5 dl dark demerara sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1.25 dl hot chocolate powder
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar
- 1.5 dl semi-skimmed milk

Filling:
- 300g Philadelphia cheese
- 0.75 dl sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar
- 1 egg

Directions
Heat the oven to 175C. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a big bowl. Whisk warm (at room temperature) butter with demerara sugar and add eggs on at a time. Then add the hot chocolate powder and vanilla sugar to the egg mixture. Finally, add milk and the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.

For the cheesecake filling, whisk together room temperature Philadelphia cheese, egg and the vanilla sugar.

Put muffin cases in a 12-hole muffin tin and fill with the chocolate mixture halfway. Then add 2 spoonfuls of filling on one side and then add chocolate mixture to the other side.

Bake for 25 minutes (or until ready), let them cool down and keep in the fridge until serving.

Recipe from a book "Juustukoogid"





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