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🍰 Black and White Muffins

215 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 100 g soft butter
• 7 Medjool dates
• 100 g applesauce
• 250 g spelt flour Type 1050
• 0.5 packet baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 150 ml milk (1.5% fat)
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 150 g cream cheese
• 1 tbsp honey

Instructions

1. 1. Prepare two muffin tins with six cups each. Line the cups with paper liners or grease them with a little fat.
2. 2. Place the butter in a large mixing bowl.
3. 3. Beat the butter and eggs together with a mixer until creamy and fluffy.
4. 4. Pit the dates.
5. 5. Puree the pitted dates together with the apple sauce until smooth.
6. 6. Stir the date-apple mixture into the egg-butter mixture.
7. 7. Now stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt.
8. 8. Pour in 125 milliliters of milk and stir until you have a smooth batter.
9. 9. Divide the batter into two equal halves.
10. 10. Take one half and stir in two tablespoons of cocoa powder and the remaining milk until the batter is dark.
11. 11. Fill the prepared cups alternately with a little of the light batter and a little of the dark cocoa batter.
12. 12. Preheat your oven. Set the temperature to 180 degrees Celsius (160 degrees Celsius for fan-assisted or gas mark 2 to 3).
13. 13. Bake the muffins in the oven for about 35 minutes.
14. 14. Remove the muffins from the oven and let them cool completely on a wire rack.
15. 15. Meanwhile, beat the cream cheese mixture until creamy.
16. 16. Add one tablespoon of cocoa powder and the honey to the cream cheese mixture.
17. 17. Stir everything until you have a uniform, smooth cream.
18. 18. Place the cooled muffins on a serving plate.
19. 19. Fill the cream into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.
20. 20. Pipe a little of the cream onto each muffin.
21. 21. Dust the muffins with powdered sugar if desired.
22. 22. Decorate the muffins with Christmas stars and serve.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 215
• Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 12 g · Carbs: 21 g