Showing posts with label BBC Good Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BBC Good Food. Show all posts

Sunday, 20 January 2013

Terry's chocolate orange muffins

Who ADORES these?



If the answer is YES to the above question then it’s time to grab your apron and BAKE these Terry’s chocolate orange muffins. I’m 99.9% certain that you will feel extremely satisfied after you’ve eaten one of these flavoursome treats. However, one will lead to two, and two will lead to three. Trust me, they truly are irresistible.

So lets start by breaking that delicious chocolate and chopping it up. At this stage the chocolate orange smell is so overwhelming you will probably find yourself chomping on a few segments! Mr Terry would be SO offended if we didn't, so go ahead and enjoy those segments (please try to save some for the muffins).



Don't worry about chopping the chocolate up too small - it's always nice coming across a generous amount of oozing chocolate isn't it? Also, feel free to put a little to one side so at the end you can melt and drizzle it on top of your muffins!

If you still have some Terry's left to make the muffins then you will also need the following:







  • 300g self raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 50g cold unsalted butter cubed
  • 80g caster sugar
  • Terry's Chocolate orange 
  • 2 eggs , lightly beaten
  • 225ml milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


  • I followed the recipe from BBC Good Food which you can find HERE. As you have probably gathered I simply substituted the chocolate chips for the Terry's - an excellent substitute if I do say so myself! 

    Simply add your Terry's instead of the chocolate chips when you get to that stage...




    My mixture baked for around 18 minutes, I then drizzled some melted Terry's on top, captured a fair few photos and now I present you with my Terry's chocolate orange muffins...




    Dawn French needs to get her hands on these bad boys!





    I ran out of the plain melted Terry's but lucky enough my Sister had some dark Terry's chocolate so I drizzled this on top of the remaining muffins. The contrasting flavours of the Terry's actually work really well together so I'm thankful that I ran out of the plain!



    I treated Father to a pint of tea along with a Terry's muffin and a slice of my blueberry and lemon loaf (daughter points).
    The BEST thing ever is when you bake and people enjoy sampling your goodies and then give you positive feedback! I definitely can't see the Terry's lasting very long in this household.




    There's nothing better than watching a film in bed, snuggled up, with a hot beverage and cake (especially a film with Ryan Gosling in). Therefore I put Crazy, Stupid, Love on and indulged in my Terry's treat...




    It's not Terry's, It's MINE

    If like me, you have a household filled with TERRY'S top fans, then I suggest you treat them to these muffins asap! You will be in their good books - I promise you (well until the last muffin has been eaten).

    Good luck & make Dawn proud!





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    Tuesday, 25 December 2012

    Christmas Eve baking...

    Hmmmmmmmmm what can I make with these cute candy canes I thought to myself...



    Christmas CANDY...

    Chocolate brownies sprung to my mind! I haven't indulged in a nice soggy brownie in a long time so BROWNIES IT WAS! You might be thinking why on earth would I need candy canes for brownies...well you just wait and see my friend!

    To whip up my brownies I used the RECIPE from 
    BBC Good Food titled 'Best-ever brownies' (they bloomin' well better be I said to myself). Like I mentioned before in a previous post, I believe baking is all about adding your own special twist - the 'norm' is just a tad boring for my liking!

    With the Christmas tunes playing, the baking could commence...



    A little bit of stirring...


    And a little bit of adding...



    And BOOM...as Jamie Oliver would say my bloomin' brilliant brownies were ready to remove from the oven! Excitement!

    The recipe stated 'Cut into quarters, then cut each quarter into four squares and finally into triangles'. 

    SO triangles it was...



    Soggy brownie I craved...soggy brownie I got!

    But NOT just any triangles!


    CHRISTMAS TREE TRIANGLES...


    Christmas tree brownies


    Do not panic, I certainly didn't just make the one brownie! I kindly made plenty to go round...

    Festive looking brownies

    In walked my sister suggesting I should also make brownie presents...what a marvellous idea! After all, it is Christmas and we all love a good old present, don't we?

    So I whacked out the bows and glitter and had great fun producing tasty little presents...



    From me to you...a brownie gift!

    Once again, I made plenty of the presents to go round, however at this point I was gagging for a chocie brownie and therefore missed out on the Kodak moment - many apologies!

    If we deserve to eat tasty Christmas trees and presents, then so does Santa...



    Ho Ho Ho

    I hope Santa is a lover of brownies and presents just like myself!

    Merry Christmas Everyone!

    K.L
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