Rocky Road Cupcakes

This recipe started as an experiment, could I get a marshmallow to bake inside a cupcake. It was really hard to get this one right, it took a lot of tries then finally figured the perfect method to get it to work. What a Scrummy treat a chocolate cupcake with a marshmallow treat on the inside. Brilliant right. I know. I'm the best when it comes to innovative baking. Be easy on yourself this ones a tricky one it took me a couple tries to figure out how to keep that puppy inside the cupcake. I think it would be easier if you were to use bigger cupcake pans. But really these are sooo scrumptious. Don't forget the glass of milk..

Ingredients
Chocolate cake or box cake

Cake

2c sugar

1c (2 sticks) butter, softened
2 large eggs
1tsp vanilla
3/4 tsp almond extract
2-1/2 c Softasilk Cake Flour
1c Dutch-processed cocoa powder or unsweetened cocoa powder
2tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
2-1/4 cups buttermilk

Chocolate Frosting
1c Butter
4c Powdered sugar
3/4c cocoa powder
1tsp vanilla extract
1/4c milk or cream

Large Marshmallows cut in half
Walnuts chopped
Mini Marshmallows

1pkg semisweet choc chips
1/3c cream or water

Method
Grease a cupcake pan, Heat oven to 350°F.

Beat sugar and butter, add vanilla and almond extract in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix cake flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt; beat into creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk on medium speed. Beat 1 minute longer.

Pour a thin layer of cake batter in bottom of pan, just enough to cover bottom. Place a half of the marshmallow on top of the layer, cover the marshmallow completely with cake batter.  Bake 20 minutes. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely. Frost with chocolate frosting. Put mini marshmallows on top with walnut pieces. Then Line cupcakes on wax paper. Melt chocolate chips on double boiler with cream or water, making consistency so that you can drip on cakes. Use a fork and dip in chocolate and splatter on cupcakes until you want... Let harden and EAT!