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Black Bottom Muffins

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

Muffin Batter:
1 1/4 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 lightly beaten egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup lightly salted butter or margarine, melted & cooled
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips, chopped
Topping:
6 ozs softened cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
1 lightly beaten egg
1/8 tsp almond extract
1/4 cup toasted slivered almonds


Recipe

Preheat oven to 375oF, prepare pans. In a large bowl, stir together
flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda & salt. In another bowl, stir together
buttermilk, oil, butter, egg & vanilla until blended. Add dry mix to wet
mix until just combined. Stir in chips. Spoon into pans.
In a medium bowl, stir together cream cheese, sugar, egg & almond
extract until well blended; stir in almonds. Spoon mixture over muffins.
Bake 20-25 mins or until cooked. Makes 12. These muffins freeze well.