{"id":558,"date":"2009-12-21T18:15:06","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T18:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/?p=558"},"modified":"2009-12-21T18:15:13","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T18:15:13","slug":"black-forest-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/2009\/12\/21\/black-forest-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Forest Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a taste of the festive, I&#8217;ve been baking these muffins. They&#8217;re a step beyond the usual and, if you catch them at just the right time are gooey and delightful. Black Forest Gateaux are supposed to be the essence of summertime in a cherry orchard, with fresh cream of course, but these work well in the cold months too.<\/p>\n<p>First Google yourself the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolate-source.co.uk\/chocolate_recipes_muffins_double_chocolate_chip.htm\">double<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolate-source.co.uk\/chocolate_recipes_muffins_double_chocolate_muffins.htm\">chocolate<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/uktv.co.uk\/food\/recipe\/aid\/513937\">muffin<\/a> recipe of your choice. Mine isn&#8217;t quite my own yet, so I can&#8217;t republish it here just now.<\/p>\n<p>Prepare a thick cherry syrup mix with cherries, sugar and a teaspoon of kirsch or rum if you&#8217;ve got some. You don&#8217;t need much, 1 or 2 cherries per muffin and a teaspoon of syrup is plenty. Or just open a tin of ready made cherry pie filling (it was half price and just leapt into my shopping basket&#8230;).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_556\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_4101.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-556\" src=\"http:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_4101-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Black Forest Muffins In Progress\" title=\"Black Forest Muffins\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-556\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Forest Muffins In Progress<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve made up the muffin batter, put two large tablespoons into a muffin casing and make a well in the centre (a pair of chopsticks works well for this). Into the well, place one or two cherries and a teaspoon of the syrup, then cap it by placing another tablespoon of muffin batter on top. Repeat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_557\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_4102.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-557\" src=\"http:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_4102-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Black Forest Muffins\" title=\"Black Forest Muffins\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-557\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Forest Muffins<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bake in a medium oven for 15-18 minutes, leave to rest for 3-5 minutes depending upon willpower and then serve slightly broken open with the cream of your choice. Whipped cream would be traditional, I would go for either clotted cream or creme fraiche.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_559\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21122009119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-559\" src=\"http:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/21122009119-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Finished muffins\" title=\"black forest muffins\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-559\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finished muffins<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a taste of the festive, I&#8217;ve been baking these muffins. They&#8217;re a step beyond the usual and, if you catch them at just the right time are gooey and delightful. Black Forest Gateaux are supposed to be the essence of summertime in a cherry orchard, with fresh cream of course, but these work well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davstott.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}