Baking · Finnish

Owl Muffins

Name: Owl Muffins
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 4 dl wheat flour; 2 dl sugar; 1 dl cocoa powder dark; 2 tsp baking powder; 2 tsp vanilla sugar; 100 g butter, melted; 2 dl milk; 2 eggs; 100 g dark baking chocolate 55 %; 100 g butter, at room temperature; 1 tub plain cream cheese 180 g; 3 dl icing sugar; 1.5 dl cocoa powder dark; 12 vanilla-flavoured sandwich cookies e.g. Oreo; 16 liquorice pieces; 12 orange candies

Decorate muffins as owls for sports watch parties or kids' parties! The easy one-bowl batter and quick whipped chocolate frosting are also great for making with children.

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Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

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Method

1
Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and vanilla sugar in a large mixing bowl.
2
Melt the butter in the microwave. Add the milk and eggs, and mix.
3
Chop the chocolate. Add the wet ingredients and chopped chocolate to the flour mixture, and stir quickly until combined.
4
Place 12 muffin liners into the cups of a muffin tin. Divide the batter among the liners.
5
Bake in a 200 °C oven for about 20 minutes. Let cool. Bring the butter and cream cheese for the frosting to room temperature.
6
Whip the soft butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until fluffy; this takes about a minute. Add the icing sugar and cocoa powder in a couple of batches, whipping constantly. If the frosting feels too soft, transfer it to the fridge for a moment. Pipe or spread the frosting onto the muffins with a spoon.
7
Gently separate the halves of the sandwich cookies. Slice 12 liquorices lengthwise to make eyebrows, and 4 liquorices crosswise into half-centimetre slices for the eyes. Place the sandwich cookies on top of the frosting to form eyes, and finish the eyes with a liquorice slice and liquorice eyebrows. Press an orange candy between the eyes to make a beak. You can transfer the muffins to the fridge for a moment to set before serving.