Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes

Name: Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: cream cheese; sugar; eggs; chocolate chips (semi-sweet); chocolate unsweetened; vegetable oil; flour; sugar; water; eggs; vanilla extract; baking soda; salt

Submitted by BKHOWIE

These are really good. Moist chocolate cupcake with near perfect crumb. As you eat the cupcake the experience is punctuated by the surprise.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

35 min

READY

50 min

Ingredients

OUNCES CREAM CHEESE
softened

⅓

CUP SUGAR
granulated

LARGE EGGS

CUP CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SEMI-SWEET) *

Cupcakes

SQUARES UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE
unsweetened, melted

⅓

CUP VEGETABLE OIL

1 ¼

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

CUP SUGAR
granulated

CUP WATER

LARGE EGGS

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

TEASPOON SALT

Directions

Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃). Beat cream cheese, ⅓ cup granulated sugar and 1 egg til smooth. Stir in chips; set aside.

Beat melted chocolate, oil, flour, 1 cup granulated sugar, water, 1 egg, vanilla, baking soda, and salt in large bowl with wire whisk or fork until blended and smooth.

Spoon ½ the batter evenly into 18 greased or paper-lined muffin cups.

Top each with 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture. Spoon the remaining batter evenly over cream cheese mixture.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or till toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.