Wholemeal Peach Muffins

There was a feature in the newspaper about online bakers some time back. The cupcakes/muffins/cakes featured were sooooo pretty...... some with colourful icing, others shaped like mice or even handbags!! So I thought I'd make an attempt to decorate my muffins a little.

The recipe I chose was in the healthy section of the book...... wholemeal flour, low-fat milk, low-fat cream cheese (for the topping) etc etc etc. I must have missed out something or got some of the measurements wrong.... because my muffins turned out rather dense.... and when it was eaten cold from the fridge, it didn't taste good at all...... yucks :p

However, it's my 1st attempt to top muffins with a little "extra", and it looked ok in the photo, so..... this post is for my failed attempt at wholemeal muffins...... I'll see if there's a chance to retry this recipe and make it work :)

Chocolate Chip Muffins

This is the first time I've tried a muffin recipe which doesn't use any butter, sunflower oil is used instead. The muffins turned out fine, but think I still prefer the buttery kind.
Ingredients:
300g plain flour
225g sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
2 eggs
115ml sunflower oil
175ml milk
chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1)Preheat oven to 180 degree celsius
2) Mix all dry ingredients, except chocolate chips, together (flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa powder)
3) Combine all wet ingredients in a bowl and beat with an electric whisk until combined.
4) Add dry mixture and chocolate chips to wet mixture and stir until just combined.
5) Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups placed in a muffin tin and sprinkle some chocolate chips on top of each one. Bake for about 20 minutes.