Dairy-free lemon and dark chocolate muffins

I’ve just finished reading a novel about a London bakery and, of course, I rushed to the kitchen to bake something sweet and yummy. 😀

Unfortunately, I couldn’t use any of the recipes included in the novel because they were packed with butter and that’s my kryptonite. I’ll try to adapt some of those recipes when I have some time, but meanwhile let’s bake one of my favourite recipes: lemon, ginger and dark chocolate muffins. Yum!

Dairy free lemon, ginger and dark chocolate muffins

• Servings: yields 9 muffins
• Time: 30 minutes
• Difficulty: easy

Ingredients

• 4 egg whites, stiff
• 2 egg yolks (or none at all)
• 80 g panela or brown sugar
• 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 110 g orange juice
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 165 g flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 lemon zest
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger
• 100 g dark chocolate flakes

Instructions

1. Preheat oven 200 º C.
2. Whisk egg whites until stiff.
3. Whisk egg yolks with sugar until creamy.
4. Add olive oil, orange juice and blend.
5. Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the mixture and blend.
6. Add the ginger and lemon zest.
7. Add the egg whites to the mixture very slowly.
8. Finally, add the chocolate flakes.
9. Pour the mixture into the muffin tins.
10. Bake for 15-20 minutes 200 º C.