Little Fudgy Chocolate Hearts

Julia is a manager and being such a whiz in the kitchen often bakes or cooks if a staff morning tea is required. It's a bit of extra effort but what a vast improvement over the standard fare of sausage rolls, toffee pops and chips.
This obviously isn't the evening meal but it was too cute not to share.



125g/4OZ butter
125g/4OZ sugar
2 eggs beaten
175g/6OZ plain flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
75g/2OZ melted dark chocolate
1 tablespoon cocoa

Preheat oven to 180C/355F
Melt chocolate in a double boiler. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, vanilla and melted chocolate mix and then add sifted flour, baking powder and cocoa and mix again.
Spoon mixture into prepared cake or muffin tins (we used heart shaped silicon muffin trays from Ezibuy) and press a single chocolate into the centre of each little cake (we used Cherry Ripe chocettes).
Bake for 15 mins at 180C/355F.

Oh man I have no words, chocolate heaven (ok 2 words)