These aren’t just any muffins – they’re oaty, spiced treacle muffins with an incredible cinnamon black treacle frosting!
They’re made oats, mixed spice and treacle to give a dense and intensely delicious parkin-like sponge.
They’re topped with a cinnamon and black treacle frosting that is so good, you’ll be licking the spoon and then going back for more.
Here’s how to make them.
Ingredients
For the sponge
- 200g salted butter
- 140g golden syrup
- 140g black treacle (or molasses)
- 90g dark brown sugar
- 275g self-raising flour
- 75g oats
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 medium egg
For the topping
- 500g icing sugar
- 100g cream cheese
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp black treacle (or molasses)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 160C (140C fan). Mix the sugar, butter, golden syrup and black treacle in a pan over a medium heat until melted. Set aside to cool.
Place the flour, oats, ginger and mixed spice in a large bowl and mix.
Pour in the cooled syrup mixture and stir.
Add the milk and beaten egg and mix until you have a thick batter.
Pour the mixture into a well-greased 12 hole muffin tray.
Bake for 30 minutes until gently risen and firm on top.
When cool enough to remove from their tin, transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
While they cool, make the frosting. In a bowl, whisk the cream cheese, cinnamon, treacle and 300g of the icing sugar together until smooth.
Add the remaining icing sugar and beat again to give a thick frosting.
Use a spoon or piping bag to spread the frosting on top of each muffin, then sprinkle with your chosen topping – I used fudge pieces and a little grated dark chocolate.
Store any leftover cakes in an airtight tin to keep them fresh. They’re so like parkin-cake, I think that they’re PERFECT for bonfire night in the UK. Why not pair them with my chocolate marshmallow fireworks?
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Oaty spiced treacle muffins with cinnamon black treacle frosting
Ingredients
For the sponge
- 200 g (7.1 oz) salted butter
- 140 g (4.9 oz) golden syrup
- 140 g (4.9 oz) black treacle or molasses
- 90 g (3.2 oz) dark brown sugar
- 275 g (9.7 oz) self-raising flour
- 75 g (2.6 oz) oats
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 medium egg
For the topping
- 500 g (1.1 lb) icing sugar
- 100 g (3.5 oz) cream cheese
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp black treacle or molasses
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160C (140C fan). Mix the sugar, butter, golden syrup and black treacle in a pan over a medium heat until melted. Set aside to cool.
- Place the flour, oats, ginger and mixed spice in a large bowl and mix.
- Pour in the cooled syrup mixture and stir.
- Add the milk and beaten egg and mix until you have a thick batter.
- Pour the mixture into a well-greased 12 hole muffin tray.
- Bake for 30 minutes until gently risen and firm on top.
- When cool enough to remove from their tin, transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
- While they cool, make the frosting. In a bowl, whisk the cream cheese, cinnamon, treacle and 300g of the icing sugar together until smooth.
- Add the remaining icing sugar and beat again to give a thick frosting.
- Use a spoon or piping bag to spread the frosting on top of each muffin, then sprinkle with your chosen topping – I used fudge pieces and a little grated dark chocolate.
- Store any leftover cakes in an airtight tin to keep them fresh.
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Tony says
I made these and it’s an excellent recipe – I like black treacle so these are right up my street – they came out brilliantly.
Meagan says
Oh my goodness these look absolutely delicious!! I can’t wait to make them now!
Emily Leary says
Thank you Meagan! These Oaty Spiced Treacle Muffins are so tasty. I’d love to hear what you think if you give them a go :) Enjoy!
Norafiqin says
I love anything with cinnamon and cannot wait to try this recipe!! With the hols coming up, this gives an additional twist to my usual repertoire.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I’m so pleased that you like this recipe and I’d love to hear how it goes :)
Shannon Gurnee says
These look and sound like some delicious muffins. I would love trying to make this sometime.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! These muffins are super tasty :) I hope you enjoy them if you give them a go!
Amanda says
I got to ask, what is treacle? These muffins look great! I love muffins with oats in them!
Emily Leary says
Black treacle is sort of like molasses. Not exactly, but it should work as a replacement.
Preet says
Wow, so delicious and easy recipe to make for the kids. I am sure my kids will love it like and will make their favorite.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! My kids love these muffins so I hope yours will too :)
Catherine Santiago Jose says
Wow, this recipe looks really delicious and looks so easy to prepare. I am going to make this on this coming weekends for my kids.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I hope your kids enjoyed these delicious muffins as much as we do in our house! I’d love to hear :)
Luci says
This sounds and looks so delicious. Very much appreciate all the detailed photos along the way. Everything looks so enticing. And yes, it sounds just right for the holiday season. Thank you so much for this great recipe!
Emily Leary says
Thank you Luci! I’d love to hear how it goes if you give these muffins a try :)
Jasmine Hewitt says
This sounds like it has an interesting flavor! i’d love to get a bite!
Emily Leary says
Thanks Jasmine! I hope you give them a go – they’re really delicious!
kumamonjeng says
This mini muffins will make great snacks for the children. I like how oats and mixed spice are added and feeling like a sponge. Hope my experience in this weekend will be a successful one.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I’d be really pleased to hear how you get on if you make these delicious muffins at the weekend :)
Shar says
Oh my goodness these look and sound delicious! I think they would be perfect for Christmas morning :)
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I agree, these tasty muffins would go down really well on Christmas morning. A lovely way to start the day :)
Elizabeth Weitz says
Well my jaw just hit the floor. These muffins look amazing! Can’t wait to try it out!
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I hope you enjoy them – we find them very moreish! Let me know how they go down in your house!
Joanna says
I love that thick layer of cinnamon frosting on top. I can imagine how delicious it is just by looking at the photo. I recently got a muffin maker, so I will definitely try out this recipe!
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I’d love it if you let me know how it goes!
Alexandra says
Oh, Emily!! How delicious do these look!? I am going to bake them this weekend!
I LOVE the frosting! :D
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I’m so pleased that you like this recipe and I’d love to hear how it goes :)
Terri Steffes says
Being 100% transparent here, I had no idea what treacle was! I used Google, and turns out, it’s molasses! These muffins look amazing!
Emily Leary says
Ah ha! Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll add a note in the recipe for my US friends x
Chad says
Delicious oat muffins with cinnamon! I died a little! I am definitely trying to bake this recipe over the weekend. Thank you so much for sharing.
Chad
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Emily Leary says
Thank you! I’d love to hear your thoughts when you give this recipe a go. My friends and family wolfed them down! Enjoy :)
Stacie says
Those look so good. I have to make these. I think my family will love them.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! my friends and family love these tasty muffins – I hope yours will too! Let me know :)
satya says
Nice cookies. Thanks for sharing the recipe with us.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I’d love to hear your thoughts if you give this recipe a go!
[email protected] says
Ooh, these look gorgeous. Perfect for this time of year. And that frosting looks amazing! I love the deep flavour of treacle but had never thought of putting it in frosting before!
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I hope that you enjoy them if you give them a go – they’re very, very tasty!