Marble-ous Muffins!

I couldn't resist it, and just had to try making marble cake as muffins instead.

So, the finished result:

A dozen of the most marble-ous muffins

For the benefit of those of us that don't have an Edmonds cookbook...  The recipe:

3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
50g melted butter
2 tablespoons boiling water (NZ 15ml tablespoons)
1 tablespoon cocoa
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
Optional - another food colouring of your choice, for example:

• Yellow - a pinch of turmeric (add some lemon juice or zest to mask the mild powdery taste)
• Purple - a couple of teaspoons of crushed blueberries or blackberries
• Red - a little boiled beetroot juice
• Green - boiled spinach

Beat eggs until thick
Gradually beat in sugar until mixture is very thick and white
Sift flour and baking powder together
Fold into egg mixture
Fold in butter and boiling water
Divide mixture into equal parts (two for cocoa and vanilla, or multiple for additional colours)
Into first portion, add vanilla essence
Into second portion, add measure of cocoa
(For additional portions, add the colouring option you prefer)
Spoon the mixtures one at a time into muffin pans (or into a cake tin) and either leave as is, or gently drag a toothpick or skewer through to create marbling effect

Bake at 180 degrees Celcius for 20-25 minutes (cake) or 10-15 minutes (muffins) or until the cake/s spring back when lightly touched

I try to bake up a few batches and freeze them as soon as I can, so that they don't get eaten as fast.  A frozen muffin popped in the lunch box first thing in the morning is perfect by morning tea time

Take care,
Mama Fern