Cream Cheese Stuffed Chocolate Cupcakes

Serves: 6

Catharine Rutherford

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

54

Spice

37

Sweetness

57

Sourness

44

mins

Prep time (avg)

4

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Butter

2 cups

Sugar

1 cup

Cocoa Powder

1 tsp

Salt

1 cup

Heavy Cream

1 cup

Sour Cream

110 g

Cream Cheese

1

Egg

2 tsps

Baking Soda

2 cups

Water (hot)

2 tsps

White Vinegar

Directions:

1

If too thin, stir in some confectioners' sugar

2

Special equipment: 2 muffin tins Make the Fudgy Frosting: Melt the butter in a large saucepan

3

Stir in the sugar, cocoa, and salt

4

(It may look grainy or sandy

5

) In a bowl combine the cream, sour cream and coffee

6

Whisk into the cocoa mixture and continue heating on low while stirring to dissolve the sugar grains

7

The mixture should get hot to the touch but never simmer or boil

8

Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla

9

Let cool until it thickens and becomes spreadable, about 3 hours

10

Make the Filling: In a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the cream cheese

11

Add the sugar, egg, and vanilla and blend

12

Add the chips and mix a few seconds on low to just fold in

13

Make the Cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

14

In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients

15

In a large measuring cup combine the water, oil, vinegar, instant coffee, and vanilla

16

Whisk it into the dry ingredients until just combined and don't worry if there are a few lumps

17

Line 2 muffin tins with cupcake papers and fill each 2/3 full of batter

18

Drop a heaping teaspoon of the filling into the center of each

19

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes

20

Cool the cupcakes completely

21

Frost the cupcakes with the frosting