The Best Chocolate muffin recipe quadruple

Chocolate Muffin

Back in 2006, before I wrote for this blog, Laura posted the recipe for the Triple Chocolate Muffin. Apparently 3 1/2 years ago we were far behind in digital photography (getting a flashback with image quality for a minute). Anyway, as recently as a month ago a comment was posted to a recipe on how to make a muffin pan-style heart attack with five types of chocolate. Although it crossed my mind (very quickly) I thought it wouldn't hurt to try the quad chocolate muffin.

Okay I'm not being completely honest here. I was more than quick to think of a quin-tuple choco recipe. The plan was to add white chocolate ganache icing to this recipe, however, after icing one cupcake I decided it was too much to kill (yes it's possible with chocolate I guarantee) the sweetness was unbearable. Plus, this chocolate cake recipe is so moist and so delicious, I even found myself eating all those chocolate chips, I hope I didn't plant the seeds for rebellion here but it's true. In fact, the next time I make this recipe, it's just a regular (imagine) chocolate cake.

But for now you can spoil your eyes with this. My weapon of choice; white chocolate chips (superior quality), milk chocolate chips (also, use the good ones), semi-sweet chocolate chips (anything is fine, they're all the same) and unsweetened cocoa powder = too much chocolate in one muffin!

You see quadruple the chocolate. Okay, I can't be alone in this. this is too much in one bowl!!

The cake really was the highlight of the whole show. Light, smooth, moist, and just brown and perfect. This recipe will feature cake recipes, like the chips I just tasted (meaning use as much or as little as you want).

For the shipload of extra chocolates I put in, I just entered the approximate amount, they work for the purpose! So if you have an insatiable sweet tooth, or are a total chocoholic in their true form then eat this. (if you're not crazy about super-sweet then just omit all the chips and move on because this is a cake recipe winner).

The Perfect Chocolate Cake (adapted from Perfect Cookies, Cakes and Chocolate)
Ingredient:
1 1/2 C all-purpose flour
1/2 C Dutch process cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 C butter (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 C sugar
2 eggs
1-8 ounce container sour cream (I used a light one and it turned out lovely)
1/2 C semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 C (about 3/4 pack) good quality white chocolate chips
3/4 C good quality milk chocolate chips

How and steps to make:
Steps 1.
Preheat oven to 350F. Line or grease muffin tins (12 cups); set aside.
Steps 2.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and baking soda.
Steps 3.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.
Steps 4.
Beat the eggs, one at a time, combining well after each egg.
Steps 5.
Lower mixer to low speed, beat in half dry ingredients.
Steps 6.
Rub the bowl and shake well. Beat sour cream, rub again then beat in remaining dry ingredients.
Steps 8.
Scrape the dough into the prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Steps 9.
Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
 

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