My Grandmother's Recipe for Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes with Chocolate Chips
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Chocolate, Cupcakes
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
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.