Chocolate Amaretto Cupcakes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F (320° F when fan assisted).
• Cream cheese filling:.
• chop butterscotch chocolate (if you don't use chips).
• dissolve starch in amaretto (or almond essence or syrup with 1 or 2 tablespoons cold water).
• stir in cream cheese until creamy.
• stir in maple syrup.
• stir in chopped chocolate.
• chocolate batter:.
• combine almond flower, guar gum or xanthan gum and baking powder in a bowl.
• beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, set aside.
• in a double boiler, melt chocolate and butter.
• in a seperate bowl, cream egg yolks and agave nectar.
• stir amaretto into melted butter-chocolate mix.
• cream melted butter-chocolate-amaretto mix and egg yolk-agave nectar.
• stir dry ingredients into that cream.
• fold in egg whites.
• line six cupcake cups with paper liners.
• divide the chocolate batter and fill one dollop of the first half into the bottom of each cupcake cup.
• fill one dollop of cream cheese filling on top of each portion.
• cover with the second half of the chocolate batter.
• bake at 350° F (or 320° F fan assisted) for about 15-20 minutes. The surface of the cakes will spring and crack. Don't mind if you can see the filling, and don't mind if it looks liquid. It will solidify after cooling.
• Immediately remove the cakes from the cups and let cool on a rack.
• You can eat them hot, like my husband did, they will be a bit like molten lava cakes or some kind of pudding. Or you can let them cool and top with you favourite frosting.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place foil or paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
• In medium bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups flour, the cocoa, baking soda and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat oil and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture, about one-third at a time, and 3/4 cup milk, about half at a time, beating just until blended.
• Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each about two-thirds full.
• Bake foil-lined cupcakes 13 to 17 minutes, paper-lined cupcakes 14 to 18 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, cook and stir 3/4 cup milk and 1/4 cup flour with whisk over medium heat until thick, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Add cooled milk mixture; beat until light and fluffy. Beat in amaretto. Add additional powdered sugar, if necessary, to achieve desired spreading consistency.
• Frost cupcakes. Top each cupcake with 1 teaspoon chopped chocolate; drizzle with 1/2 teaspoon chocolate syrup.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each., Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and amaretto, beating well after each addition. Stir in almonds. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 14-16 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , In a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar and butter. Add 3 tablespoons cream and 2 tablespoons Amaretto; beat until smooth. Add remaining cream and amaretto if needed to achieve spreading consistency. Frost cupcakes.