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Two and half weeks til Christmas and it's time for some festive baking! These Christmas Tree Muffins are really tasty with a lovely spongy texture. Just what you need to brighten up your table at a Christmas party.
Ingredients:
Bottom part - Tree trunk
125g flour
15g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
88g sugar
90ml milk
1 egg
50ml sunflower oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
Top part - Branches
125g flour
1 tsp baking powder
88g sugar
90ml milk
1 egg
50ml sunflower oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
green food colouring
Instructions:
1.Heat the oven to 170C
2.Prepare the muffin tin with paper cases.
3.Bottom part:
a. Beat the egg and leave it to one side.
b. Mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa and baking powder.
c. Add in everything else, including the egg, mix well and leave to one side.
4. Top part:
a. Beat the egg and leave it to one side.
b. Mix together the flour, sugar and baking powder.
c. Add in the milk, egg, oil and vanilla essence. Mix well.
d. Add in the green food colouring and mix well. Amount of colouring depends on what kind of colouring you are using. Make it as green as you can!
5. Pour one big spoonful of the 'bottom part' mixture into each paper case.
6. Pour one big spoonful of the 'top part' mixture over the top of the 'bottom part' mixture in each paper case.
7. Bake for approximately 20 mins.
8. Leave to cool.
9. Enjoy :) - they taste even better when they've stood for 24 hours, if you can be patient and wait that long!
