Black Bottom Cupcakes
By: Amy Mearkle
Updated: February 25, 2011
Guest Chef: 2010-2011 Blair County Dairy Princess Yolanda Rice
Ingredients
Filling:
1 (8oz) package cream cheese - soft
1 egg
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt
Cake:
2 and 1/4 cup flour
1 and 1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
1 and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 cup water
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 and 1/2 Tablespoons vinegar
1 and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Mix cream cheese, egg and 1/3 cup of sugar and 1/8 tsp of salt.
Stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips and set aside.
Mix 2 and 1/4 cups of flour (sifted) with 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar, 1/3 cup of cocoa, 1 and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and 3/4 teaspoon of salt.
Then mix in 1 and 1/2 cups of water , a half cup of butter, 1 and 1/2 Tablespoons of vinegar and 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla.
Mix the batter until it is smooth. Place in cupcake tins filling only about 1/3 of the way up.
Place a tablespoon of the cream cheese filling on top of each muffin.
Bake in a 350* oven for 15-20 minutes.



