Chocolate Orange Cheesecake Muffins

Makes 12

You will need:

For the centre/frosting:

1 x 220 g pack of cream cheese (no low fat versions please!)

100 mls Orange Curd (for best results use my recipe of course)

4 digestive biscuits

For the muffins

2 eggs

125 ml plain yoghurt

125 ml milk

125 ml orange juice

8 oz self-raising flour

0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda

8 oz castor sugar

2.5 oz cocoa powder

pinch of salt

• Turn the oven on to 180C (fan) and add some muffin papers to your muffin tray (or grease)
• Leave the cream cheese out until it is at room temperature and then mix with the orange curd until smooth (I use a mixer for this but it can easily be done by hand!)
• Bash the digestive biscuits into a fine rubble and then add about 2 thirds of it to the cream cheese mix and set aside

• Lightly beat the eggs in a big bowl and add the yoghurt, milk and orange juice
• Sieve the flour, bicarb. and cocoa and then add to the liquid along with the sugar and gently mix together to form a batter
• Fill the muffin papers about a third of the way up with the mix and then put a rounded teaspoon of the cream cheese mix in each one and finally, cover over with the remaining muffin mix
• Bake in the oven for approx. 25 mins (check with a skewer to see if done – if the skewer comes out dry then you’re good to go!)
• Leave the muffins to cool and then liberally spread with the cream cheese mix and a sprinkle of the remaining digestive rubble
• Make yourself a cuppa and enjoy!