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Recipe for Dark Chocolate and Seville Orange Muffins.

Makes 10 approx.

110g (4oz) butter

175g (6 oz) castor sugar

Zest of 1 lemon, unwaxed

2 eggs, preferably free range

225ml (8fl oz) buttermilk

75g (3oz) Seville orange marmalade

75g (3oz) chopped dark chocolate

275g (10oz) white flour

Pinch of salt

¾ tsp bread soda

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6.

Grease a tray of muffin tins or line with non-stick muffin cases.

Cream the butter, add the sugar and the finely grated lemon zest, add the eggs one by one and beat well between each addition. Next add the buttermilk, marmalade and chocolate chips. Blend well.

Finally stir in the flour, salt and bread soda, until just mixed. Fill the greased muffins tins with the batter, bake for 30-40 minutes in the preheated oven, serve warm.