Well, after considering my options for http://www.ironcupcakeearth.com/ nuts and seeds challenge, I automatically had thoughts of almonds and chocolate together....and then of course my thoughts went to a liqueor....and well then my thoughts drifted elsewhere. But this is one of the cucakes I came up with. It is a very rich almond and coconut cupcake (with almond paste and coconut milk in the batter) with a dark chocolate ganache, Disaronno amaretto (OMG - that stuff is good!!!) buttercream frosting, candied almonds (see previous post) and toasted coconut.

I took these to work after making them, and they were gone pretty fast. I think they liked them, especially the buttercream.....