Amaretto and Chocolate Cupcakes

I havent posted in a while so I thought I would make this bake as naughty as possible. Amaretto cupcakes with a rich chocolatey frosting. Delicious.
The amaretto makes the sponge have a sweet almond taste and the cream cheese chocolate frosting just compliments it perfectly. It really is a match made in heaven. Chocolate heaven.
This is definately one to try, dont worry about the alcohol either as it cooks out in the oven.

Ingredients:
For the cupcakes-

• 180g unsalted butter
• 180g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 30ml amaretto (I used a small shot glass full)
• 180g self raising flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder

For the frosting-

• 200g milk chocolate
• 200g cream cheese
• 4 tbsp icing sugar

Makes 12 large cupcakes.

Preheat your oven to 180c and line a baking tray with cupcake liners.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time beating after each addiction. Pour in the amaretto and mix together.
Sift in the flour and baking powder, and gently fold into the mixture.

Divide the mixture into each cupcake liner and place into the oven for 15-18 minutes.

Once baked (test with a toothpick in the centre of the cupcake, if it comes out dry, they're done)
Place them on a cooling rack to cool completely.

For the frosting, melt the chocolate in the microwave, stirring after every 30 seconds, until melted completely.
In a medium bowl, beat your cream cheese with the icing sugar (slowely add the icing sugar as it will fly everywhere otherwise) Then slowely add in the melted chocolate and beat until combined.
Place this in the fridge for about 15 minutes, so it firms up enough to pipe.

Fill a piping bag and pipe onto each cupcake. I used a wilton 1M tip.
Then I grated over some white chocolate for extra decoration, but thats totally optional!