Hi guys! I'm Laura Vitale and on this episode of Laura in the Kitchen, I want to share with
you my Chocolate Crumb Cake Muffin recipe. Now my husband really loves my - just my regular
crumb cake muffin recipe. I am a chocoholic, so I figured I'd show you my chocolate version.
If you want to see his version, make sure you let me know down below and I'll bring
it to you. But these are nonetheless so incredibly good, I mean its like that crumbly streusel
topping - moistness. They're out of this world. The ingredients you'll need are kind of basic
and simple. All purpose flour and cocoa powder which I have sifted, instant coffee powder
or espresso powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder, granulated sugar a couple of
eggs unsalted butter that has been softened at room temperature, sour cream, milk and
in here for the topping I've got some cold butter, flour, granulated sugar and brown
sugar and just a small little pinch of cinnamon not much, but just to echo the chocolate.
Okay! It's very simple and straight forward. I have my oven pre-heated to 375F and I have
a muffin tin lined with these really pretty muffin liners. Side note: These kind of look
like beaks, right? Like a bird - beak of a bird. Anyways, love them I am going to use
them today. In my standing mixer fitted with my paddle attachment. I am going to add my
butter and sugar. I am going to cream those together, while that's happening I am going
to go grab my vanilla, because I forgot to get it out here. That looks good, just going
to scrape that side there. I am going to add my eggs along with a splash of vanilla and
I'm going to beat those in until its nice and fluffy and combined. Just going to lower
this and I am going to add my sour cream which gives these an incredible tender moistness
to them. And my milk, I'm going to mix those in and do not panic if this looks like it's
split, its just what it does. Traditionally, if you are baking experts - supposed to do
in intervals, but my Nonna as you've seen her do before mixes all the wet and then all
the dry, so that's what I do. and she's the best cook and baker in the world. So, I just
follow her example. Going to mix my dry ingredients just really really briefly, I am going to
pour them in here, or pour them - just add them there in my wet mixture and I am just
going to. Oh that is a cloud of chocolate - best cloud ever. Mix those in until everything
is just incorporated and then we'll be ready to fill all our muffin liners and make our
topping. That looks amazing and I'm telling you, it smells even better. Just going to
divide my mixture evenly using an ice cream scoop. And then, it is time to make the topping
and then they'll go in the oven and then they'll bake and then your house will smell amazing
and then you are going to stop what you're doing to give me - send me a comment or an
email just to tell me how good your house smells and then it will be that much closer
to eating them. Now this makes 12 big muffins, but you could easily get 18 regular sized
muffins if you don't want to get them that big. Now for the topping, I am just going
to mix these together with my spoon and then I am just going to go with my pastry cutter
and just cut the butter in the flour and sugar mixture. You want it to be really nice and
crumbly. That's exactly what I am looking for and I am just going to mix them up and
then just sprinkle this on top of each one. And these are going to go into your pre-heated
oven at 375F between 20 and 25 minutes or until, you know cooked all the way through
and the easiest way to tell is you take a toothpick and you insert into the center and
if it comes out clean with no wet batter on it then you know, you are in business. I am
going to pop these in, let them cool for a bit and show you what they look like when
they are done. My muffins baked for 20 minutes and I've let them cool pretty much completely
and they are just how they should be. I am just going to peel this off. Its crumbly up
top, look at that. Look - I mean - I just love - I love the crumble - I love the streusel
topping, look at that. That is going to be moist. On the money. That's a fantastic muffin.
Not at all overly sweet. You can really taste the chocolate, you cannot taste the instant
espresso powder at all. But, it just makes that chocolate taste really chocolaty, their
crust on the top is like the perfect ending to this. This is just, its a really great,
great muffin recipe. Go to laurainthekitchen.com to get the recipe. Hope you've enjoyed spending
time with me and I'll see you next time. Bye!