Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes – Thianna D.

I love to bake. Writing comes second. And actual cooking comes a distant third. That said, I thought I would include a recipe for my Chocolate Surprise cupcakes, a recipe I created X years ago. (No, you don’t need to know how long ago it was. *grins*)

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Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Cream Cheese Mixture

6 oz cream cheese, softened

1 egg

1/3 c sugar

1/8 t salt

6 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips

Cocoa Mixture

1 ½ c Flour

1 c sugar

¼ c baking cocoa

1 t baking soda

½ t salt

1 c water

½ c cooking oil

1 T vinegar (Rice vinegar is preferable, it isn’t as intense as white vinegar)

1 t vanilla

Topping

2 T Sugar + ½ c Pecans chopped

Directions:

Cream Cheese Mix: Using a mixer, beat cream cheese until creamy. Add egg, sugar, and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.

Cocoa Mixture: In separate bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, & salt – Set aside. In a small bowl, beat oil, water, vinegar, & vanilla. Add to flour mixture and beat until well blended.

Fill cupcake holders 1/3 full with cocoa mixture. Top with heaping teaspoon of cream cheese mixture.

Combine sugar and pecans. Sprinkle ½ t over each cupcake.

Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. (Beware if your toothpick goes through a chocolate chip, it won’t be clean. But most of the chips sink to the bottom of the cupcake.)

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