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Home » Snacks

Cherry Chocolate Muffins

Published: Dec 7, 2012 · Modified: Aug 26, 2022 by Felicia Lim · This post may contain affiliate links

Spring/Summer Collection: Fresh, sweet fruits to whet your appetite.

You know what I mean…

This the exact picture of Spring and Summer – fresh fruits calling out to you, sweet, ripe and juicy, bursting in your mouth as your chew on them, savoring every bite with relish.

Now that many fruits are in season, I see them every day, lying seductively in cartons in the supermarkets, making it impossible for them to be ignored.

These beautiful cherries were beckoning to me, and because Spring and Summer bring with them such amazing harvests of fruits, I wasn’t going to miss out on eating them.

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Beautiful, sweet, fresh cherries

I ended up buying a kilo of cherries, half for eating them after dinner, and the other half went straight into these beautiful cherry chocolate muffins.

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Cherry Chocolate Muffins – a divine combination of flavors

To be honest, it was my first time experimenting with cherries.

I wanted to create the flavor of blackforest cake, but without the whipped cream and extra calories. The idea was to make muffins with an incredibly fresh flavor of cherries, complimented with a hint of chocolate, something to fill my craving without the fuss of fresh cream and toppings.

It was gooood. Really, really good if I might say..


CHERRY CHOCOLATE MUFFINS (Makes 20)

Ingredients:

1) 1 cup of milk cream
2) 2 cups of sugar
3) 3 cups of self-raising flour
4) 4 eggs
5) 1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
6) 500g of fresh cherries

Steps:

1) Wash, de-seed, and cut cherries into small pieces
2) Mix milk cream and sugar together until sugar dissolves
3) Add in self-raising flour, alternating each cup of flour with an egg
4) Mix well until a homogenous mixture is achieved
5) Add in cocoa powder and the final egg
6) Mix well to get muffin batter
7) Arrange paper muffin cups in muffin mould
8) Fill 1/4 of each cup with muffin batter
9) Add in a teaspoon full of cherry bits to the batter
10) Pour more batter on top of cherry bits until the muffin cups are 3/4 full
11) Bake in pre-heated oven at 180 deg cel for 25 – 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when poked in center
12) Once baked, allow muffins to cool for 10 minutes before serving or putting into a container


Fresh cherries:
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Cut cherries into small pieces:
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Mix milk cream and sugar together:
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Until sugar is fully dissolved:
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Add in flour, alternating each cup of flour with an egg:
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Mix well to get a homogenous mixture:
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Add in cocoa powder and last egg:
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Mix well to get muffin batter:
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Arrange paper muffin cups in muffin mould:
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Fill each muffin cup with batter until 1/4 full:
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Arrange 1 teaspoon of cherry bits over batter:
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Add more batter until muffin cups are 3/4 full:
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Fresh out of the oven!
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Delicious Cherry Chocolate Muffins!!
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  1. Jess Gonzalez | Feast With Me says

    December 09, 2012 at 7:06 pm

    I’m not a huge fan of cherries, but these photos are so adorable! As much as I don’t like them, a cherry on top of any baked good makes it instantly adorable 🙂

    Reply
    • rosewithoutthorns says

      December 09, 2012 at 8:28 pm

      Hello Jess!!

      thank you! I know what you mean – i’m not usually a huge fan of cherries (especially not that preserved cherries) but I love fresh cherries and cherries in blackforest cake! that’s what gave me the inspiration for these muffins!! 🙂

      Hope you had a lovely weekend! Back to the work/school week!

      Reply
  2. Neel|Eastern aroma says

    December 08, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    I would love to attempt this! 🙂
    mouth watering!

    Reply
    • rosewithoutthorns says

      December 10, 2012 at 4:19 pm

      Hi Neel! do try this! They’re easy to make and taste so yummy!

      Reply
  3. Irene says

    December 07, 2012 at 8:04 pm

    I miss cherries. Wish summer comes soon so I can make these cherry muffins.

    Reply
    • rosewithoutthorns says

      December 07, 2012 at 8:46 pm

      Hello Irene! well i’m sure there are nice fruits in winter too? what fruits are available in the US now?

      Reply
      • Irene says

        December 08, 2012 at 5:38 am

        pomegranate, apple and oranges. we still have berries and grapes but they aren’t as sweet as the ones you find during the warmer seasons. i miss exotic fruits form asia the most 🙂

        Reply
        • rosewithoutthorns says

          December 08, 2012 at 1:24 pm

          Yeah apples and oranges are all-year round I think! We dont get pomegranate here – or maybe I should check in the supermarkets! Asia tropical fruits are still the best – I love longan and lychee! And starfruits!

          Reply
          • Irene says

            December 10, 2012 at 5:26 pm

            Me too! I also like durian, jackfruit, and dragonfruit.

            Reply
  4. birgitlikes says

    December 07, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    These look amazing!! I loooooove cherries!

    Reply
    • rosewithoutthorns says

      December 07, 2012 at 3:10 pm

      Hello Birgit!!

      Thanks! Yes cherries are delicious! And I managed to capture the taste of blackforest cake these muffins fortunately!!

      Reply

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