Chocolate and fennel seed mini-cakes

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chocolate and fennel seed mini-cakes

Moist chocolate mini-cakes spiced with ground fennel seeds and topped with knobs of cream cheese. <br />The recipe doubles beautifully to make single or double-layered cakes with a rich & moist crumb. If you make layer cakes then it won't be necessary to place the cake tins in water-baths. They can be placed directly on oven racks. Two layers of this cake with an old-fashioned chocolate butter-cream or cream-cheese frosting makes a gorgeous birthday treat! <br />The ground fennel is optional and can easily be done away with. I usually like to dry-roast whole fennel seeds before grinding them to fine powder. <br />Although these cakelets never last more than a couple of hours right out of the oven, they do get better if rested in the refrigerator for a few hours.

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