My Grandmother's Recipe for Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes with Chocolate Chips
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Chocolate, Cupcakes
Prep Time 20minutes
Cook Time 25minutes
Total Time 45minutes
Servings 30Cupcakes
Calories 175kcal
Cost $5
Equipment
Cupcake pans
Cupcake cups
Ingredients
Cupcake Batter
3cupsAll Purpose Flour
2cupsGranulated Sugar
2tspBaking Soda
1/2cupCocoa
2cupsWater
1cupVegetable Oil
2tbspVinegar
1tspVanilla Extract
Cream Cheese Filling
8ozCream CheeseSoftened
1eachEgg
1/2cupGranulated Sugar
1cupChocolate Chips
1pinchSalt
Chopped Nuts & Sugar Topping
1/4cupGranulated Sugar
3/4cupPecans or Walnuts
Instructions
Make Cream Cheese Filling:
Beat softened cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt until smooth.
Stir in chocolate chips and set aside.
Make Chopped Nuts and Sugar Topping:
Add sugar and nuts to bowl of food processor and pulse briefly until desired texture is achieved. Alternatively, you can chop the nuts with a knife and stir into the sugar. Set aside.
Make Cupcake Batter:
In another bowl, combine dry ingredients.
Add liquid ingredients until mixture is smooth. It will be very loose for cupcake batter.
Fill paper-lined cupcake tins one-half full, about 1/4 cup of cupcake batter.
Put one level tablespoon of filling mixture into the center of each cupcake.
Sprinkle chopped nuts and sugar over top of cupcakes before baking.