Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes

This recipe is from The Southern Lady Cooks you can see it here . Thanks so much for sharing with the rest of us Judy! Judy has many other wonderful recipes I can't wait to try, be sure to check her out!

Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes


1 1/2 cup all purpose flour     149 g
1 cup sugar         192 g
1/2 teaspoon salt       2.5 g
1 teaspoon baking soda           4 g
1/4 cup cocoa            28 g
1 cup water      236 mL
1/2 cup oil              118 mL
1 tablespoon white vinegar            15 mL
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring              5mL


Combine the dry ingredients; beat in the liquid ingredients until smooth. Line a cupcake/muffin tin with liners and fill cups 1/2 full. Make filling and add one heaping tablespoon of filling into center of each cupcake.
This is a sticky batter so I lightly greased the top of my pans, just in case, it works great for any cupcake or muffin recipe.

Filling:
1 (8 oz. package cream cheese, softened         241 g
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt          2.5 g
1/3 cup sugar                     63 g
1 cup chocolate chips              180 g

Beat cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt until smooth. Stir in chips.

Bake in preheated 350 F ( 177 C) degree oven 25-30 minutes or for mini cupcakes about 18-20 minutes. Let cool before frosting. These do not need frosting!

These cupcakes also freeze well so stick a few in the freezer for when the chocolate craving strikes!