Chocolate oh chocolate, wherefore art thou baileys cream cheese?

Ingredients

• 100 g (4 ounces) cream cheese
• 30 ml (1 fl ounces) Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur
• 1 egg
• 200 ml (7 fl ounces) milk
• 50 g (2 ounces) melted unsalted (sweet) butter
• 100 g (4 ounces) dark (semi sweet) chocolate chips
• 210 g (7½ounces) plain (all-purpose) flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 50 g (2 ounces) cocoa powder
• 100 g (4 ounces) caster (super fine) sugar
• You will need a muffin tin lined with 12 muffin cases

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Preparation

• Preheat the oven 190°C/fan oven 170°C/375°F/Gas Mark 5. In a bowl beat together the cream cheese and the Baileys until smooth, leave aside until later.
• In jug, whisk the egg, milk and melted butter. In a large bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and then add the caster sugar and chocolate chips, stirring them through.
• Make a well in the centre, pour in the liquids from the jug, and mix until just combined with a large metal spoon.
• Do not over work the mixture; having a few lumps in the mixture is quite normal.
  
• Fill each muffin case one-third full with the chocolate mixture, and then fill each muffin case with 1 teaspoon of the Baileys Cream Cheese mixture.
• With the remaining chocolate mixture, fill each muffin case until three-quarters full. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes or until fully baked through.
• Leave in the muffin tins for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Sift a little icing sugar over the tops before serving (optional).