Recipe - Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes

3 cup Sifted flour
1 One half cup Sugar
1/3 cup Cocoa
2 One fourth teaspoon Baking powder
1 One fourth teaspoon Baking soda
1 One half cup Mayonnaise
1 One half cup Water
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla

CHOCOLATE FROSTING
3 tablespoon Butter or margarine
2 ounce Semisweet chocolate
2 cup Powdered sugar
1/8 teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoon Milk (or double this amt.)
hot
One half teaspoon Vanilla
Chopped nuts or nut halves
(optional)

Resift flour with sugar, cocoa, baking powder and soda into bowl. Gradually
stir in mayonnaise. Stir in water and 1 One half teaspoons vanilla. Fill 2 dozen
greased or paperlined muffin pans One half full with batter. Bake at 350F 25 to
30 minutes. Cool in pans 5 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on rack.

Meanwhile, to make frosting, melt butter and chocolate in top of double
boiler over hot water. Sift powdered sugar with salt. Add chocolate mixture
and blend. Beat in enough milk to make spreadable. Beat in One half teaspoon
vanilla. Use to frost cupcakes. Garnish tops with nuts, if desired.

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