Almond Tres Leches Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup butter (stick not soft tub margarine) or 1/2 cup margarine, softened (stick not soft tub margarine)
    2/3 cup sugar
    1/2 teaspoon almond extract
    2 eggs
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk (from 14oz can)
    1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
    1/3 cup milk
    1/2 cup slivered almonds
    1/4 cup sliced almonds
    1/4 cup additional sweetened condensed milk
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F; grease 12 regular-size muffin cups with shortening or line with paper cups.
    In a large bowl beat together butter and sugar on medium speed until smooth. Beat in almond extract and eggs. With wooden spoon, stir in flour, baking powder, 1/3 cup condensed milk, whipping cream. milk and 1/2 cup of the almonds just until combined. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (3/4 full) sprinkle 1/4 cup sliced almonds evenly over batter.
    Bake 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 10 minutes and drizzle each with 1 tsp of the additional condensed milk. Serve warm.

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