RASPBERRY-FILLED MOLTEN CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Raspberry-Filled Molten Chocolate Cupcakes image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 9

1/2 cup granulated sugar
6 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
4 large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
Pinch of salt
11 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted (2 1/2 cups chopped)
18 raspberries (36 if they are small)
Confectioners' sugar, for serving
Vanilla ice cream (optional)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line 12 cup standard muffin tin cups with paper liners. In a large bowl with a mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium high until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. With mixer on low, beat in flour and salt. Beat in chocolate until just combined.
Divide half the batter among cups, add two raspberries to each, and top with remaining batter. Bake until tops are just set and no longer shiny, 10 to 11 minutes, let cool in pan on a wire rack, 10 minutes. Remove from pans, dust with confectioners' sugar, and top with ice cream, if desired.