Muffins are the ultimate sweet snack and can be enjoyed as a seasonal delight when flavoured with the iconic duo - toffee and apple.

The cake-based treats are inspired by toffee apples, famed for being a happy accident. Sweet maker William Kolb was trying new recipe ideas when he dropped an apple in some melted toffee.

Today, toffee apples are a staple throughout autumn when apples are widely available in the UK.

Sharing the recipe from his TV series Sweet Baby James, dessert-loving chef James Martin said his toffee apple muffins take "no time to make".

He explained that the "delicious" muffins can be made in less than an hour using only 10 ingredients.

Toffee apple muffin recipe

Ingredients

Two free-range eggs, lightly beaten

80gcaster sugar

240ml milk

100g butter, melted

300g plain flour

Two tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

Pinch of cinnamon

Two eating apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped

200g shop-bought toffee pieces

Method

Turn the oven to 190C, then line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin paper cases. Avoid using cupcake cases, as these are generally smaller.

To make the muffin batter, stir the eggs, sugar, milk and melted butter in a large bowl. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon into the bowl and stir everything together.

Now add the chopped apple and gently mix it in. Using half of the mixture, quarter-fill each muffin case with the mixture and top with a few pieces of toffee.

Cover with the remaining filling so the cases are half full, and then bake them in the oven for 30-35 minutes until they are well-risen and golden. Transfer the cooked muffins onto a wire rack to cool a little before serving.