Truly Different Chocolate Cupcakes

By
May Jenks, Collinsville, Illinois

Rich chocolate cupcakes with a fudge-like consistency

Preparation time
20 minutes
Cooking time
25 minutes
Total time
45 minutes
Yield
18 Cupcakes

Ingredients

1 cup butter (2 sticks, or margarine) 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate (squares) 1⁄2 teaspoon butter flavoring 1 cup nuts (finely chopped) 1 cup flour (unsifted) 1 3⁄4 cups sugar 4 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Melt butter, chocolate, and butter flavoring in a pan. Add nuts. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Combine the two mixes by hand. Use muffin tin with foil liners. Bake in a 325º oven for 25 minutes. Leave muffins in oven another 5 minutes with oven turned off before taking out. Muffins will ice themselves and muffin tins with foil liners will keep them fresh. Makes 18 cupcakes.