Not many people know but I’m not really into sweet things. I couldn’t imagine sitting down with a whole bar of Cadburys and devouring the thing in one small go. I’ve never liked chocolate and if I do get one I tend to savor each piece. A large Toblerone could last me a good month maybe longer. Easter eggs are just lost on me, all that chocolate and no belly to enjoy it. I’m not a chocolate bar or candy prude I guess I just only like certain sugar highs.
I do however like decadent sweet things; chocolate eclairs, chocolate ganache covered triple layered mousse, fudgey brownies, oh the list could go on. It’s that kind of sweet dessert that tickles the back of your throat and leaves u in an eye rolling ecstasy. Never experienced that before? Well we need to hang out, you have no idea what you’re missing out on!
One such gorgeous treat is my childhood friend Amy’s (Piley) Cappuccino Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe. It may seem like just a muffin recipe but it is sooo much more than that. It represents an almost 15 year friendship. More than half of my life, these muffins have played their part. That day at school where she came into Afrikaans class with a whole box of muffins and cookies for sale. Yes Aimz I remember 😀 I bought one who knows how much for and the first bite had me addicted. I think I bought another 3 or 4 by the end of the day.
It’s always been a running joke that whenever Amy ever wanted me to do something for her she would repay me in muffins haha. It was actually discussed not even a few weeks ago. haha. It got to a point a few times where I even bribed her to make them for me. I eventually decided I couldn’t treat my bestie like my foodie slave so I got the recipe myself and tried my hardest to match that delicious pouch of sweety goodness. Well I failed. It looked as if small aliens were sprouting out of the muffin tray. So I just decided to continually bribe my wonderful friend and probably will until we are old grannies sitting on the stoep at the old age home talking about that one time at band camp…
I will however attempt to once again recreate these little chocolatey angels for the sake of a few pictures and a walk down memory lane. The ingredients are simple enough to find in Korea, except buttermilk. That’s quite easy to fix though. Just some milk and vinegar and boomshakalaka.
Ingredients
500ml flour
15ml baking powder
125ml soft brown sugar
100g choc chips
50ml strong coffee granules
80ml water hot
100ml oil
100ml butter milk or plain yoghurt
2 extra large eggs
60ml milk
Instructions
1. Place flour, baking powder, sugar and choc chips into mixing bowl
2. Dissolve coffee in hot water and let it cool down.
3. Mix oil, buttermilk, eggs and milk with coffee and then add to dry ingredients to form a stiff dough, do not over mix!
4. Spoon into muffin tins and bake at 200 degrees for 20mins. Remove and cool.
CHEF AMY’s TIPS:
Try not to eat them all up yourself 😀
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