Chocolate Hazelnuts Melts Muffin

Well, this batch of cupcakes was prepared by my maid, ah-sih. She was so happy with the result ^.^ Original recipe from a book from library, Muffin Magic. This book introduced a very simple way of preparing muffin and even your kid can do it with minimum help from adult ^.^


Both my husband and brother also commented GooOOOD! But to me, I feel a bit too sweet. Suggested to my maid maybe we can try replace Nutella filling with melted-dark-chocolate or reduced the sugar ^.^

Ingredients:
- 100g or 1C toasted hazelnuts (chopped), plus extra (whole hazelnuts) to decorate
- 200g or 1 1/3C plain flour
- 1T baking powder (I reduced to 2t)
- 3T cocoa powder
- 150g sugar (should reduce to 120g, else too sweet)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 200ml buttermilk
- 2T milk
- 85g butter, melted
- 4T Nutella or other chocolate and hazelnut spread (for filling)

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 190C.
2. Combine nuts with flour, baking powder, cocoa and sugar and sift into large bowl. (Don't worry if all the nuts don't go through, just sprinkle them over the top.)
3. In separate bowl, combine egg, buttermilk and milk. Then stir in butter.
4. Pour WET mixture into dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
5. Spoon small dollops of mixture into prepared muffin cup. Using back of the teaspoon to make a slight indent in the mixture and spoon 1t Nutella into the centre of each muffin. Top with the remaining mixture and press a few whole hazelnuts into the top.
6. Bake for 20mins till risen and firm to touch.