Black Bottom Cupcakes

Black Bottom Cupcakes

from allrecipes.com
Dessert
60 min
24 servings
171 kcal / serving

These black bottom cupcakes are a decadent combination of fudgy chocolate cake and gooey cream cheese chocolate chip filling — a chocoholic's dream!

Ingredients

  • 1package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 largeegg
  • ⅓3334326744 cup white sugar
  • ⅛ teaspoonsalt
  • 1 cupminiature semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 ½ cupsall-purpose flour
  • 1 cupwhite sugar
  • ¼ cupunsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoonbaking soda
  • ½ teaspoonsalt
  • 1 cupwater
  • ⅓3334326744 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespooncider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla extract

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins or line with paper cups.

  2. 2

    Beat cream cheese, egg, 1/3 cup sugar, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl until light and fluffy. Stir in chocolate chips; set aside.

  3. 3

    Mix together flour, 1 cup sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center; add water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Stir together until well blended.

  4. 4

    Fill the prepared muffin tins about 1/3 full with chocolate batter. Top each with a dollop of cream cheese mixture.

  5. 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the chocolate cake comes out clean and the cream cheese center is set, 25 to 30 minutes.