‘E’ is for……Eve’s temptation…

 A spiced apple muffin, with a snickers caramel topping decorated with a flake, sweet dried apple and chocolate sugar beans…….yum yum

Just like Eve you will be unable to resist the temptation of apples….and other chocolaty delights!

This combination of ingredients was inspired by my Mum....she was no cook, but could make a mean apple sponge and fantastic gravy...ummmmm that's it really....oh and custard.  Every Sunday she would make an apple sponge served with custard after the obligatory roast....It  became a family favourite and as she cooked enough for the street there was always plenty for friends, including my boyfriend,  now my husband, so maybe there is something in the saying a way to a man's heart is through his stomach....I wonder if he married me so he could continue to have my mums sponge pudding. Oh well 30 odd years on it worked!
Sponge pudding and cakes that use apples are often called Eves Cake or Eves Temptation...hence the name of this delight. I'm sure Eve would of loved the temptation of apple and chocolate!
Anyway my testers have done their job....and the temptation was defiantly delicious...the plate came back with only a few crumbs left on it...so get out your whisks and spoons and bake these muffins :)

Ingredients

3oz melted butter

9oz SR flour

1tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

pinch of salt

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

4oz castor sugar 

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp honey

2 medium eggs

2 tbsp apple sauce

5oz diced eating apples

 milk if needed

Decoration.

3 snickers Bars, small flake bars, small sugar beans, Whitworths sweetened apple

Put 12 muffin cases into a muffin tin, Preheat oven to 190C

Method

Melt butter and leave to cool

Sift the flour, and other dry ingredients into a bowl.

Add all the other ingredients apart from the apples and milk

Beat until light and fluffy, but not too runny, it is ok if its a thickish mixture as the fruit will make it moist

Fold in the apples

divide mixture into muffin cases

Bake for 20-25 mins, or until risen, put onto a wire rack to cool

Decoration

Melt Snickers bars in a bowl until melted, and spoon equally onto the cool muffins.

Push a mini flake bar into side of muffin

Using a little frosting or melted chocolate stick sweet apple and sugar beans on top...see lots of pictures!

You can decorate these using your imagination and your own favourite ingredients too:)

If you ave baked any of  my treats I would love to see your pictures and your own twist on my ideas.

Eat and enjoy:) :)

Hugs 4 smiles Maxine xx