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Cupcakes
Gluten Free Recipe

Ingredients:
1-1/3 cup semisweet chocolate morsels - Nestle*
3/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
Six large eggs, separated
1/2 cup sugar, divided
2 teaspoons gluten-free vanilla extract*
Sweetened whipped cream
Mini chocolate chips -- Nestle*

Directions:
Heat oven to 350-degrees. Line 18 muffin cups with baking liners. Coat liners with vegetable cooking spray. Stir chocolate and butter in heavy saucepan over low heat until smooth. Remove from heat. Cool to lukewarm.

In large bowl, with electric mixer on high, mix egg yolks and 1/4-cup sugar until very thick and pale, about three minutes. Fold in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Using clean, dry beaters, beat egg whites and remaining 1/4-cup sugar in bowl until stiff but not dry, about two minutes. Fold egg-white mixture into chocolate mixture until combined. Divide batter among baking liners. Bake 28-30 minutes. Cool completely.

Serve with dollop of sweetened whipped cream and chips.

* Nestle morsels are gluten-free. Recipe makes 18 cupcakes.

Nutrition information per cupcake:
Calories: 250
Protein: 8g
Carbohydrate: 25g
Fat: 16g

See also:
Gluten Free Black Magic Cake
Gluten-Free Pineapple Velvet Cake
Gluten-Free Coffee Cake
Gluten-Free Cocoa-Cola Cake
Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake
Gluten Free Apple Cake
Gluten-Free Heavenly Chocolate Cake
Wheat Free Basic Chocolate Cake
Wheat Free Italian Cream Cake
Wheat Free Orange Pineapple Cake