Gotta Get That Chocolate Fix

So today I decided to make pound cake, but since most of what I make gets taken into Chris's work, I decided cake wasn't exactly easily distributable. And what's the best way to make cake into small givable pieces? CUPCAKES! So I started with the cupcakes, added a delicious cocoa almond glaze, and topped them off with dark chocolate chunks.

Cupcakes:
Ingredients:
It's a basic one, two, three, four cake, do the ingredients are super simple.
1 cup butter(unsalted)
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup milk

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350
Melt butter
Add sugar and mix completely
Add eggs, vanilla and milk to sugar and butter mixture
In separate bowl mix flour and baking powder.
Slowly add the flour to the wet mixture
Mix completely
Put cupcake liners (note: you can make a cake as well using a cake tin) in the cupcake tin
Put 1 large spoonful in each cupcake liner

Bake for approximately 15-20 mins. Be careful because the cupcake will be baked without turning the top brown. Use a fork or toothpick at the 15 min mark.

Let them cool completely.

While they cool you make the glaze.

Ingredients:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons Nutella (I used trader joes almond cocoa spread, but Nutella or any nutbutter would work fantastically)
3 tablespoons cream

Instructions:
Put powdered sugar into bowl
Add Nutella or spread
Add cream
Mix completely

When the cupcakes are cool, spoon (about one spoonful each) glaze onto cupcakes. Pour it right on top, it will spread nicely itself. Chop up a bar of dark chocolate and sprinkle some on top of each.

Enjoy! They are truly delicious.