Great chocolate cupcakes
24 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | pounds | Unsalted Butter |
| ½ | cup | Chocolate Chips -- --or-- |
| 3 | ounces | Semisweet Chocolate |
| 2 | larges | Eggs |
| 1 | tablespoon | Coffee Liqueur -- --or -- |
| Water | ||
| ¼ | cup | Brown Sugar, Packed |
| ⅓ | cup | White Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Coffee Espresso |
| 2 | cups | Flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ½ | cup | Pecans -- chopped |
| 24 | Pecan Halves | |
Directions
Melt butter and chocolate in double boiler. Cool slightly, add eggs (whisk first) and liqueur (water), then stir in flour, sugar, espresso, and ½ cup nuts. Heat oven to 350. Line mini-muffin pan with mini paper liners, spoon batter in--¾ full. Top each with pecan half. Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Makes 24.
These are great and sweet too (the little cakes look perfect topped with the pecans.
Recipe By : STEPHANIE RAWLINS <rawlins@UTKUX1. UTK. EDU>