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Chocolate-Cheese Cupcakes

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Chocolate cupcakes with a cream cheese middle.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE FILLING:
  • 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, Softened
  • 1 whole Egg
  • ½ cups Sugar
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 cup Chocolate Chips
  • _____
  • FOR THE CUPCAKES:
  • 1-½ cup Flour
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • ¼ cups Cocoa
  • 1 cup Water
  • ½ cups Vegetable Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon Vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350F.

Filling: Beat cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips and set aside while mixing the batter.

Cupcakes: Combine dry ingredients. Stir in liquid ingredients until mixture is smooth; do not overmix. Fill paper-lined cupcake tins halfway full. Then put 1 heaping teaspoon of the filling mixture in the center of each cupcake. Bake approximately 23 minutes. Watch closely and do not overbake.

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mademarian on 12.2.2010

I make these as well, but usually top with cream cheese icing and call it Breakfast Muffins!( hee hee any excuse)

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fruitloopgirl on 11.15.2010

Yes, this recipe has been handed down through a few generations in my husbands family. It’s a classic!

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morgaine28 on 11.12.2010

My mom has been making these for years, and I recently got the recipe from her. We call them black-bottom cupcakes–one of my favorites!

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gidget86 on 5.31.2011

We have made these for years and they are yummy!
Thank you for sharing.

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