Chocolate Chip Muffins

10oz Self Raising Flour
1 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder

4oz Caster Sugar

7oz Chocolate

100ml Oil

250ml Milk

1 Egg

1 Tsp Vanilla Essence

Cooking time: 18 Minutes on 180'c

Serving: 18 cupcakes or 12 muffins

1. Get your baking tray ready with cupcake cases or muffin cases depending how big you like your cakes

2. Mix the oil and sugar together in a bowl until well combined (Do not fear if it splits)

3. Whisk the egg and vanilla essence into the sugar mixture

4. Chop the chocolate into little chocolate chip pieces and coat in the flour

5. Sieve the flour and baking powder into the mixture

6. Stir in the chocolate chips until mixed thoroughly

7. Add the milk and stir until well combined

8. Dollop spoonfuls of mixture into the cases and put in the oven to bake

9. Once baked take out and leave to cool in the tin before transferring to a wire rack to cool

Decoration

7oz Chocolate (Chopped)

5 Tbs Milk

6oz Icing Sugar

1. Melt the chocolate and the milk in a pan over simmering water

2. Once melted sieve in the icing sugar

3. Dollop the icing onto the cakes and decorate with sprinkles, flake etc..

N.B. The mixture does look really runny when you add the milk but don't fear it will come out fine.

N.B. These cupcakes are a healthier version as they contain less sugar, so good if your on a diet.

N.B. The cakes in these pictures are a mixture of the chocolate chip muffins with either white or milk chocolate icing and the coconut cream cupcakes with coconut icing!