Now here is a funny thing… just a few short days after I shared with you my recipe for Triple Lemon and Poppy Seed Sheet Cake I went shopping and found some very unusual bars of chocolate, they were White Chocolate - Lemon & Poppy Seed… what a coincidence, hey?
I’ve never tried a chocolate like this before so I decided to remake my cake recipe into a muffin recipe and include this new chocolate in to the mix.
The idea was good in principle but the chocolate flavour did get lost a bit… I still have one more bar so I might try to include it in a different bake with a more defined flavour… but for now I present to you my White Chocolate Lemon and Poppy Seed Muffins 🙂
Ingredients:
For the muffins:
- 150g self-raising flour
- 150g caster sugar
- 150g unsalted butter; soften
- 3 eggs
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1 bar of lemon & poppy seed white chocolate
- Zest of one lemon
- 25ml of fresh lemon juice
- 25g poppy seeds
For the crumble topping:
- 80g plain flour
- 40g butter; cubed into small pieces
- 40g caster sugar
- ½tsp vanilla sugar
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180C (160C if fan assisted).
First on the list of things to do is a typical crumble. In a bowl sift the flour and then using your fingertips rub the butter in till the mix resembles breadcrumbs; incorporate both sugars and pop the entire mixture into the fridge.
Now, we can start on the muffins themselves.
Line a 12 holes muffin tin with paper muffin cases and set aside.
Wash, zest and juice the lemon.
In a large bowl sift and mix together flour, sugar and baking powder; add the butter, eggs, and 25ml of the lemon juice.
Gentry stir in the poppy seeds and crushed chocolate; pour the mixture into your earlier prepared muffin cases.
Remove crumble topping from the fridge and sprinkle on top.
Bake in the pre-heated oven for 20-25min or until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and allow them to cool for a few minutes then move them onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
Enjoy!
Oh my goodness, these look SO yummy. I love blueberry muffins. And chocolate ones too 😉 x
They look so soft and fluffy, I could eat one right now. Great combination of flavours too. Pinning x
They sound wonderful - I love the combo of white choc and lemon.
the muffin looks so so good! 😀
Love,
Pudding Monster
Oh my goodness, yummy! I can’t wait to give these a try. They look positively wonderful and so full of flavor.
I love lemon and poppy seed muffins, never thought of adding chocolate to them
yum!!
*dribbles over keyboard*
Please sir - can I have some more?
oh wow these look utterly delicious! .. and now i am drooling
A tiny bit of drool just appeared - all if your recipes look delicious and this is no exception x
These look absolutely divine, im sat looking at my porridge wondering why I don’t have these muffins instead x
I love white chocolate. I’ve never thought of using poppy seeds in sweet bakes, only savoury, but I have to try this!
These sound really divine - the combinations are perfect - yum yum! x
Oh my goodness these sound amazing what a delicious treat. x
These look INCREDIBLE!
I love how the poppy seeds make them look! Bet they were delish 🙂
I would never have thought to put this combination together, they look delicious x
These are my all time favorite flavor muffins. Thanks for the easy recipe.
It sounds interesting, doesn’t look like white chocolate is in it, but it does look good! I’m for it!
All chocolate melted away as I crushed it into too small pieces… ooops
What an interesting combination. I don’t like poppy seeds so I’d leave them out, though.
Yum! I love poppyseed muffins, and with the white chocolate lemon I bet it is delicious!
Yum! I’m a sucker for ANYTHING lemon. These sound fantastic and I need go get me some!
Those sound heavenly! I love poppy seed muffins, but I have never had them with white chocolate before. YUM.
These look really tasty. I don’t think I’ve ever baked with poppy seeds but I’ve always wanted to.
These look so amazing, great recipe- looks yummy!
Wonderful! You leave me with a watery mouth and now I want muffins! haha
#UKbloggers