Wednesday, February 3, 2010

The best cupcakes ever - Chocolate cupcakes with cheesecake filling and white chocolate cream cheese frosting

Cupcake recipe from epicurious.com
Makes 18-20 cupcakes
Oven temp = 350


Cheesecake filling
:
1 (8oz) package cream cheese
1 egg
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup mini chocolate chips

Cream sugar and cream cheese, then add egg. Add chocolate chips and combine. Bake in a greased mini muffin tin for 15 minutes at 350 until cheesecakes are almost set but still soft in the middle.

Cupcakes:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup warm water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 Tbs apple cider vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Grease 18 cupcake cups. Place 1 Tbs cupcake batter in the bottom of each cup, place cheesecake on top of batter and pour more batter over the cheesecake. Bake 27 minutes at 350 until cupcakes spring back when lightly touched.

White chocolate cream cheese frosting:
6 oz white chocolate chips, melted
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
4-5 Tbs milk

Cream cream cheese and powdered sugar. Add melted chocolate and combine. Slowly add milk until the frosting reaches the right consistency. Can add more milk or powdered sugar to adjust the consistency of the frosting.

Garnish cupcakes with mini chocolate chips or melted chocolate drizzle.

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