Monkey Lovin' Mocha Mouthfulls

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur
• 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts, plus
• 12 walnut halves

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 generously grease a 12 cup mini-muffin pan tin (the cups are about 2 inches in diameter) and set aside.
• 3 melt the butter and chocolate together in the top of a double boiler, stirring until smooth, set the mixture aside to cool slightly.
• 4 stir in the sugar until smooth.
• 5 whisk in egg, coffee liquor, and espresso powder.
• 6 gently fold in the flour and chopped walnuts.
• 7 spoon the batter into the prepared cups, filling the cups about 3/4 full.
• 8 place a walnut half in the center of each cup.
• 9 bake until the center of one of the cakes comes out clean when pricked with a toothpick, about 20 minutes.
• 10 cool in tins about 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack.