Hiiiiiiiiii… you… *hits you virtually on the shoulder lightly*
*awkward silence*
Ok, so maybe my keyboard is having a little trouble working… or have my fingers just gotten out of practice in blogging?
Fine, you wrenched the truth from me, it is the latter. Gosh guys, can’t you give me anything? You still love me right?
Guys? Are you there? Hello? Am I being a bit clingy? – sorry, sorry I’ll stop, anything you want, so sorry! 😛
But you see, there is a reason (actually many) behind me being a little lost for words and not being the regular Shakespeare that I undoubtedly am! 😉 (no ego lost here, I assure you!)
- I feel like I have not had a blog for ages – After 6 weeks without commenting, cooking or even recipe searching, I feel like I have entered ‘regular teen territory’ – *shudder* 😛 – and that involves the wonderful world of lazing, eating and chilling. Yep, no hard work involved…
- I did have a French speaking exam and my 18th birthday after my main exams finished – so I really didn’t have much time until now… ahahaha (maybe slightly exaggerated..)
- I WANTED TO SHOW YOU MY NEW TATTOO OMG OMG – I got it today, and then immediately went to publish this post – was it painful? Hell yes. Was it worth it? Hell yes 😀
Also I definitely need to say thank you for the multitude of ‘good lucks’ and ‘best wishes’ I received while I exammed (don’t judge, english is my worst subject by far 😉 – you guys were so supportive and wonderful! 😀
And judging by the feedback, you guys fell in love with my guest posters as well – not that I can blame you, they were pretty fantabulous 😀
So now, let bygones be bygones and let us toast to a wonderful new start to continuous blogging, thankfully! Unless the fluffy pillows on my bed get to me and you know…. OMG kidding guys, chill… I promise, I will stick to my baking schedule! 🙂 – no need for those pitchforks and cliched torches right?
To toast to you all, I decided to not use champagne, though I am allowed to drink it now (not in the US, I know :P) but muffins. Big, rich and deliciously dark chocolate muffins. Now remember, these are a breakfast food, not cupcakes, so I did not make them overly sweet.
I simply put an uber sweet surprise in the centre.
And studded them with chocolate chips.
And ate them slathered in Nutella.
See, total breakfast food! Obviously… 😉
Can’t wait to be back and baking and posting on schedule for you guys! Next up? Maybe some more breakfast food, maybe something to do with cookies and cream? Who knows… 😛
Mud Chocolate Chunk Muffins
PRINTABLE RECIPE
Adapted from: Brown Eyed Baker
Ingredients
- 113g salted butter, chopped
- 80g dark chocolate
- 2 cups SRF (self raising flour)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (leave out if you don’t want the muffins too sweet – that is what I did)
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp coffee granules
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk (I didn’t have any, so I dropped literally a few drops of lemon juice into milk and voila!)
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- Sweet surprise – like mini chocolates – I used this box of Roses chocolates from Cadbury
Method
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees C
- Spray or place muffin cups in a 12 holes of a regular muffin tin
- Melt butter and chopped chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugars, cocoa and baking soda and coffee granules
- In another bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, egg and vanilla essence
- Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the liquid ingredients and the chocolate mixture
- Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the mixture together till just combined
- Stir in the chocolate chips
- Fill each muffin cup halfway with batter
- Place a small surprise in the centre (I chopped some of the chocolates in half!)
- Spoon batter on top into each muffin cup and smooth over top – these muffins do not ‘come out’ and fall, they continue to rise but still do not fill the muffin cups up completely
- Bake for 7 minutes at 190 and then turn the heat down to 170 degrees and bake for another 13-15 minutes (so they do not dry out)
- Check to see if cooked by inserting a metal skewer in and if it comes out clean or with a phew crumbs, you are good to go!
- Take out of the oven and transfer to a metal wire rack
- Cool in the mould for 5 minutes before removing and cooling to room temperature (if you can wait – they are extra crumbly when soft and warm!)
Love the new tat- welcome to the club! I think I will have a bit a champagne with my muffin to welcome you back 🙂
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I’m glad your exams went well. I think your tatoo is beautiful. These muffins must be delicious…how could they not be with all those lovely ingredients and treats:)
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Happy belated birthday! And is that a new tattoo? It’s beautiful body art! I’m just amazed at what you do with chocolate, CCU, and I can always make room for chocolate! I am so delighted your exams are behind you and glad to see that you’re ready to get back to blogging. I don’t know how you do what you do! You have so much talent and ability, and how you fit it all in simply amazes me! 🙂
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Happy Belated Birthday! Glad you are back now. Tatoo and muffins are stunning!
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absolutely in love with your tattoo- nice to read a post and yes to these muffins.
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So…for some reason…I’m not getting your posts by email anymore. =(
The muffins look delicious!
Cool tattoo! Did it hurt?
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Welcome back Uru! You were sorely missed 🙂 Love the tattoo!
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welcome back CCU, the blogosphere missed you! I love how you popped a surprise into these cupcakes, great idea!
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Congrats on exams being over finally!These muffins sure look like a delicious treat after a hectic schedule 🙂 Love your tattoo!!
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Happy 18th! You are having such a busy year. I love how these cupcakes have little surprises in them – great idea. Good to have you back, too xx
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That’s a lot of catching up to do from our end too ! 🙂 Welcome back !
Congrats on exams being over – does that mean that you have completed your HSC and are now just anxiously waiting the results ? When do they come out ? Good grief I remember that day. Everything still came by mail then haha and all I remember was all of my school mates and I just sitting at the front room waiting for the postman to deliver the mail that day.
On the tattoo – do tell us more ! It looks GREAT (albeit painful !). Does it have a significant meaning ? Why did you do it ? I would never have the guts to do that – I have a phobia on needles so I am in awe of ppl that get tattoos.
And finally on the muffins – LOVE that little treat in the centre !!!
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No no, haha I wish my friend! I have to restart my studying but so much post-trial/pre-grad celebrations to be had! No my exams officially finish in November actually! I think we get them online now but I know I will be absolutely so scared when that day comes 😛
Thank you so much, no no significant meaning 😛 – I just adore peacocks and their beauty so decided to have it adorn my body 🙂 – I wasn’t too comfortable and it was painful but hardly as bad as I imagined it to be 🙂
Thank you so much!
Cheers
CCU
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The muffins look fabulous! Congrats on finishing!
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Welcome back 🙂
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Gah! These muffins look amazing! (As does the tattoo!)
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Welcome back Uru! Your muffins look like a chocolaty delight!! Wish I had one right now! Have a great weekend!
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so happy to see you post your wonderful recipes again,warm welcome…these chocolaty treats look stunning…terrific recipe 🙂
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Great looking muffins! Congrats on finishing your exams.
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Welcome back! Of course I still love you. I would still love you even without these muffins, but they certainly don’t hurt… 😀
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Cool tattoo Uru! I would have thought if you ever got a tattoo it would be cookies!!
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Glad to have you back Uru! The tattoo looks amazing. And chocolate muffins…anytime!
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Child – did you get that on the back of your thigh??? well hell yes that hurt! that and the inside of your arm are the worst – or so I hear. I have mine in a place few people have seen. The story of how I got it is WAY more interesting than what it is! 🙂 It is beautiful. So many colors – you paid a pretty penny for that one missy. I love it! I also love the muffins and I’m so glad you are back!
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OMG I wish my thigh was thin, it is double that size! Yes it hurt but it was actually on my lower inner arm 🙂
Haha I would love to hear your story!
Thank you so much!
Cheers
CCU
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OMG! that had to hurt! YIKES! It’s pretty though!
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Welcome back!!! I’ve missed your delicious recipes, and this one looks AMAZING!!!
I’m kinda jealous of your tattoo. It’s beautiful, and a peacock feather is on my shortlist of tattoos I want. It’s pretty!
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I definitely advocate to get it my friend 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Congratulations on finishing your exams! These muffins are totally my treat!
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Hooray for polishing off exams with these beauties! Tag team chocolate action, I dig it!!
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You do have a fun way to start your day…not your average breakfast muffin. 🙂 Welcome back.
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Congratulations on being finished your exams! Nice to see that you’re blogging again.
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Yeahhh, CCURU: You are back!! I missed you heeps!
And we can celebrate this by making these stunning stuffed chocolately muffins! I love them too! they look insaenly delish too! 🙂 Yummm! Hugs! x 🙂
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YAY for being done with school!! The fudgy centers in those muffins are calling to me.
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I wouldn’t get a tattoo myself but love yours – so beautiful!
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It’s awesome to ‘hear you write’ again Uru! Welcome back. And can you please send all of those cupcakes over to my house?
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Whoa, those are loaded. I bet they are good!
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Such a beautiful tattoo, I love it! And these muffins? Swoooon.
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Wow – love these muffins!
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I forgive you if you give me a muffin. 😉
LOVE the ink!!! Welcome back, friend!
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welcome back! love your tattoo 🙂 and I love these muffins – so wonderfully chocolatey and delicious!
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Welcome back!! LOVE your tattoo!!!! WHOOO for exams being done and for celebrating the best way, BAKING!
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Welcome back 🙂 & Happy Birthday
My daughter went out and got a tatt for her 18th birthday too, earlier this month. Glad you like it!
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Thank you and happy belated 18th to your daughter my friend 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Your tattoo looks wonderful. Love the colors and these chocolate muffins have my name on it definitely 🙂
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These muffins look amazing.. and stuffed! Sinful! I want 6 of them!
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Wonderful to see you back. Congratulations on finishing the exams and turning 18. Did you know that 18 is celebrated like the 21st is here? You’d be a hero over there but you couldn’t drink.
I love your surprise filled muffin!
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Welcome back Uru and of course we missed you but all is forgiven 😉 Is your tattoo real? I thought you had to be over 18 to get one! 😮
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Haha too sweet 🙂
And yep, I turned 18 on my last exam day – best day ever 😀
And thus, I got the tattoo (not everything I do is illegal 😉
Cheers
CCU
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Good to see you back! What fabulous chocolate muffins!
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Yay! CCU is back! Love these chocolate-super-charged muffins. Belated Happy 18th!
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Welcome back stranger! And what a very pretty tattoo you’ve gotten while you were away. Is there a special significance or do you just like peacocks? In any case, your muffins be fabulous, girl. Love the sweet surprise! And I totally approve of eating them with Nutella. A must. 🙂
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Welcome back Uru! Your tattoo looks beautiful! Where did you put it? Arm? I won’t be able to tolerate the pain… even my eyeliners and eye brows, I thought I’d die. LOL. Yummy muffins!
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Haha yes on the arm, but trust me it wasn’t that bad 😀
Give yourself some credit my friend!
Cheers
CCU
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Your chocolate muffins look so delicious! I have a weakness for chocolate muffins.
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Welcome back Uru and birthday blessings for your 18th 🙂
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That is too sweet, thank you my dear friend 🙂
Cheers
CCU
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Glad to see you back, Uru. 🙂 What unusual chocolate muffins!
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These muffins are sinful! love them and love the tattoo! So pretty!
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We missed you!!! So glad you’re back – whew, 6 Uru-less weeks was rough! but yes, your guest posters were fantabulous. These muffins look amazing and your tat is incredible. It’s gorgeous!
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Nice to you back my Guru Uru! I missed your Choco filled posts 🙂 And did you get your tattoo on your birthday? It look nice. As always the chocolate chunk muffins looks super duper cool!
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So nice to see you back, Uru…you definitely deserved a little respite. Your muffins look terrific….my boys would love them!
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So glad to have you back in the blogging world with us… we missed you. 🙂 Congratulations on your final exams.. your birthday and all the other oodles of wonderful things you have accomplished. Your TATTOO!! OMG!! You are a rock star. 🙂 Love the chocolate muffins.. nom, nom, nom! 🙂 Well done my friend. 🙂
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Ngaww I missed you all so much as well my friend 😀
Haha these were my final school exams but I shall post about that later, thank you so much I am too happy to be back 🙂
Awww I am so glad you like it and the muffins too!
Cheers
CCU
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Welcome back. Chocolate muffins to start the day, my kind of breakfast.
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You’re back! Yay! These muffins are like chocolate heaven! Love that you slathered them with nutella. And you got a tattoo? I could never… too painful. LOL
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Love the tat. I want one. And I want a cupcake too. Welcome back!!!!
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Uru, “Mud Muffins” are the perfect reintroduction to blog world. (Heaven help us all!) Your teenage “chillin'” is equivalent to my best day in the kitchen (and/or in front of my oven…) — tattoos not withstanding. Love your peacock feather! (Tho I’m not inclined to follow suit — not cuz’ tattoos are taboo or whatever, but becuz I’m such a wimp, lol!) Welcome back, my lovely, lively friend!
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Haha thank you my friend 😀
But don’t be a wimp, I squished the life out of mum’s hand while my tattoo was done, it is so beautiful and worth the pain, which is not even too bad 🙂
Cheers
CCU
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Yayyyy so glad to have you back and sharing muffins that that look crazy sinful and i will now dream of for foreverrrr!
I love your tattoo! It is gorgeouuus, I have one too 😉
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Oooh awesome, where is your tattoo?? 😀
Cheers
CCU
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It’s on the left side of the middle of my back 😛
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Love the tattoo!
Love the muffins!
Love that you put Roses chocs into them!
xoxo
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Welcome back 🙂 Happy belated birthday also! I love, love, love your tattoo!! I’m glad you had some time to enjoy yourself and be a teen. These muffins are over the top fabulous!!
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I will be over for breakfast! Those look amazing–can’t go wrong with Brown Eyed Baker. Congrats on getting past exams etc and never apologize for being a “regular teen.” That is what you should be! Very cool on the tat–looks good! Looking forward to more baking stories. And have I already mentioned how much I love your blog title. So clever and fun!
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Haha you are too sweet my friend 😀
I am so glad we are blogging friends now! I love your vibrancy in your posts Liz!
Cheers
CCU
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Happy Birthday–that is exciting–glad to have you back! I am beyond the age of tattoos but yours looks like it may have a story behind it–do tell. Your recipe looks wonderful–and it is a winner with the treat in the middle
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Haha no no, my story ends at the fact that I have always adored peacocks and that is actually all 😛 I wish it was deeper but I won’t lie 😉
Thank you my friend!
Cheers
CCU
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that is as good a reason as any
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Nice to have you back! And what a delicious gift you brought back for us!
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Yum! Glad you are back and love your tattoo! What’s the story behind the design you choose?
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Don’t be so hard on yourself, life is hard enough without adding the pressure of blogging in. Whoa a tattoo, you have been busy. Congrats on getting through the exams, I’m sure all your tasty baked goods helps.
-Gina-
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Whoa! I want to dive a spoon into it
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Congrats on the tattoo and welcome back to blogging. The chocolate and candy bar additions are over the top. How about a nice healthy salad next?
Oh what the heck, make it a chocolate pasta turned into ravioli? 🙂
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Haha I like the way your mind works – pasta to ravioli 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Nice to see you back at “work”. =D
Maybe I am wrong but your chocolate chunk muffin looks more like a whole lots of fun.
Nice tattoo, welcome to the club!
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Oooh I didn’t know you had a tattoo, where did you get it done :D?
Cheers
CCU
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We adore you! Welcome back and thanks for bringing us a yummy treat.
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The chocolate muffins sounds fantastic! Your tattoo is very cool!
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Wow, both your tattoo and these muffins look INCREDIBLE. I have several friends and family members with birthdays in September; I can’t wait for them to come so I have an excuse to make these and call them birthday cupcakes.;) I love the vibrant colors in your tattoo design; it was very well-executed!
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Haha these would be birthday cupcakes, especially with the surprise centre 😀
Thank you so much!
Cheers
CCU
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OMGOSH! You have a tattoo?! I LOVE!!! xx
oh, and the choc muffins look delish, too.
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You surely can stand the pain of having the tattoo. I wanted to do but I don’ think I can take the pain. The muffins are lovable, especially the center that’s really tempting. Let me see if I can find some time to weekend to make. I am sure my friends will love it very much.
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Ooooo yum! Love the suprise! LOVE the tattoo! 🙂
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You got a mor pankh for a tatoo???!!! How COOOOOL!!!! And it is beautiful. Quite big too…. I have never seen that before on anyone. So are you a Bal Krishna bhakt? Or is it that you simply love peacocks? Looks painful though. I love the surprise center. Coffee and chocolate – yummm!!!
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No way haha I am the furthest thing from religious there is 😛 – I just adore peacock feathers 😀
Yes, it was a bit painful but not unbearable at all!
Thank you 🙂
Cheers
CCU
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Glad you are back, love the muffins and the tatoo!! Congrats on completing your work for school you must be relieved and happy and good for you having a little lazy time, after all the hard work you are due!!
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Welcome back! And your brought us chocolate muffins – how nice! No need to apologize, you’ve been busy, and everyone needs a break now and again. Happy 18th! Now you can start tasting cocktails! 😉
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Haha I plan to start with your wonderful recipes for sure 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Welcome back beautiful! So glad that you’ve survived exams and that you’re back in the world of freedom. We definitely missed you, despite the wonderful posts from your guest bloggers. There’s no-one like the genuine Uru! Love your beautiful new tattoo also. Colourful, free and vibrant – just like you! Love the look of these muffins. Definitely going to try them. Hugs xx
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Awww, like the genuine Uru, that is so sweet! 😀
Haha survived yes, but now I can’t be bothered studying for my exams in october 😛
I am so glad you liked the muffins and the tattoo! 😀
Cheers
CCU
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oooh pretty tatt! im dying to get another one done but still debating on where..
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Go for it my friend, it does not hurt too badly! 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Saw your facebook post on the completion of your exam. You must be happily partying now…….
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Welcome back CCU!
Perfectly healthy breakfast – see we all think alike so therefore it must be. 😉
Ouchie – not sure I would be brave enough to get a tattoo – yours is very pretty.
🙂 Mandy xo
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Haha for chocoholics everywhere, I think this is relatively healthy 😛
Honestly the pain was not horribly difficult to have it, the pain was fine 🙂 Thank you!
Cheers
CCU
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Oh the thoughts that go through our minds whence we join the world of food blogging:) Welcome back Uru. We did miss you. These muffins sure sound like cupcakes to me. I may just be hearing things of course:) Either way, they are sinful! I’ll take three:)
Thanks for sharing…
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Uru,
These muffins are breakfast food indeed, and perfect for the chocoholic:) I know how you feel about coming back to blogging. I’m just back from hiatus, too.
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What a way to start a day, esp. if slathered in Nutella! Welcome back, CCU, and thanks for all the great guest posters.
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It was my pleasure, I am so glad you enjoyed them 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Good to have you back! These muffins look delicious!
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PS. Love your tattoo.
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Whaaa? You stuffed chocolate muffins with Cadbury Roses? You are a genius CCU! Welcome back. We’ve missed you.
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These chocolate muffins look sinfully delicious! Interesting tattoo…
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