Molten Chocolate Cupcakes

Again, I wanted to make another cupcake.  This recipe I found in my "1001 cupcakes...." book.  One weird thing was that the recipe said it would make 8 cupcakes, but it only made 4.  They were really yummy.

Ingredients:

4 Tbsp butter, softened

1/4 cup sugar

1 large egg

2/3 self-rising flour

1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa

2 oz dark chocolate pieces

powdered sugar for dusting

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375F and line a 12-hole muffin pan with 8 paper liners.

2. Place the butter, sugar, egg, flour, and cocoa in a large bowl and beat together until smooth.  

3. Spoon half of batter into the paper liners. Place the chocolate chunk in batter and cover with remaining batter.

4. Bake for 20 minutes, until well risen and springy to the touch.

5. Leave the cupcakes in the pan for 2-3 minutes before serving warm and dust with powdered sugar.

Terri and Beth's Rating: 7/10

Nutrition:

323 calories

23g fat (13g saturated)

111mg cholesterol

150mg sodium

28g carbohydrates

2g fiber

4g sugar

6g protein