Healthy chocolate muffins by Rita Lakhssassi

A true passion for art and cooking, the recipes of this architect by profession are creative and have seduced the entire marocMaroc team. Her Instagram page is full of ideas for innovative and easy-to-make dishes. Her artistic side shines through directly thanks to her sunny and original photos where she does not hesitate to stage herself near her culinary achievements!

Discover without further delay the recipe for its irresistible muffins!

Preparation time: 1 hour, Number of muffins: 7

Step 1: making the muffins

Ingredients :

150g whole wheat flour – 2 tbsp almond flour – 25g organic cocoa powder – 50g cane sugar – 1 + ½ tsp baking powder – a pinch of salt.

200ml lukewarm almond milk - 1 egg - 50g organic melted butter - 2 tbsp olive oil - zest of an organic orange - 1 tbsp fresh orange juice - 1 tbsp -to-tsp of orange blossom water – 3 tbsp of organic honey.

30g almonds, blanched and crushed into small pieces.

Instructions :

1. Preheat the oven to 180C.

2. In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients in order.

3. In another bowl, combine all the liquid ingredients, then whisk the mixture until a homogeneous liquid is obtained.

4. Add this liquid mixture to the previous bowl, mix again.

5. Add 30 g of blanched and crushed almonds and mix everything together.

6. Put the mixture in a greased muffin pan.

7. Place in the oven for 25 mins.

Step 2: making the healthy mousse

3 tbsp almond puree – 25g cocoa powder – 75ml almond milk – 3 tbsp honey.

Instructions :

1. In a bowl, mix the 4 ingredients with a blender.

2. Place the mixture in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

3. Use a piping bag to decorate your muffins.

NB: try to prepare the icing recipe first because it needs time to harden. When the muffins are done, your mousse will be ready for use!

Good tasting !