Black Bottom Cupcakes W Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly butter muffin tins and set aside.
• Beat together the cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt. Stir in chocolate chips and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add the water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Beat until well combined. Batter will be thin.
• Fill muffin cups 1/3 full with the chocolate batter. Top each one with a spoonful of cream cheese mixture.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs and granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and foamy, about 2 minutes. While beating, gradually pour in the butter and then the vanilla, mixing until combined.
• Reduce the mixer speed to low and add half of the flour mixture, mixing until just combined. Add the milk, mixing until combined, and then the remaining flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated. Transfer one-third of the batter (about 1 cup) to a small bowl and stir in the cocoa powder. Alternate dropping spoonfuls of each batter into each cupcake liner, using a larger spoon for the white batter and a smaller spoon for the chocolate batter. Swirl the batters with an offset spatula or a skewer.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcakes comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool the cupcakes in the tin on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from the tin and cool completely.
• Beat together the cream cheese and butter using an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and lemon juice. Reduce the mixer speed to low and gradually add the confectioners' sugar, beating until well combined.
• Transfer the frosting to a piping bag or a resealable plastic bag and pipe the frosting onto the tops of the cupcakes.

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with liners. Beat together the cream cheese, egg, 1/3 cup of the granulated sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of the vanilla extract in a medium bowl on medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth and no lumps remain, 1 to 2 minutes. Set aside.
• Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, brown sugar, baking soda, salt and remaining 2/3 cup granulated sugar in a large bowl. Add the oil, the remaining teaspoon vanilla extract and 1 cup water and mix until combined. Let the batter rest 10 minutes at room temperature, then stir in the vinegar.
• Divide the chocolate batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, filling each cup about two-thirds full. Drop about 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese filling in the center of each cupcake.
• Bake until the cream cheese filling has set and a toothpick inserted into the chocolate cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Cool in the tin 5 minutes and then use a butter knife or small offset spatula to carefully remove the cupcakes to a wire rack. Cool the cupcakes completely before serving, about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, egg and salt until smooth. Stir in chips; set aside. , For cupcakes, in a large bowl, beat the sugar, water, oil, egg, vinegar and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into egg mixture until blended. , Fill 24 paper-lined muffin cups half full with chocolate batter. Drop a heaping tablespoonful of cheese mixture in center of batter of each cupcake. Sprinkle with sugar and chopped almonds if desired. , Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cake portion comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing to racks to cool completely. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• For the chocolate cake base:.
• Put the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking soda in a large bowl and mix until all the dry ingredients are well incorporated.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, vanilla, and 1/2 cup water together. With an electric mixer running on low speed in the flour bowl, slowly add the oil mixture, increasing the speed of the mixer as the batter thickens. Continue to beat until all the ingredients are incorporated (scrape any unmixed ingredients from the side of the bowl with a rubber spatula).
• Spoon the mixture into the cupcake pan until paper wrappers are two-thirds full; set aside.
• For the cheesecake filling:.
• Beat together the cream cheese, sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or use a hand held electric mixer) on medium-slow speed until smooth and fluffy.
• Stir in the chocolate chips by hand until evenly dispersed. Don't overmix; otherwise the cream cheese will start to split.
• Scoop about 1 Tbsp of the cheesecake filling on top of the cupcake mixture in the cupcake pan and bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until the cupcakes are firm to the touch and have an even golden color on the cheesecake filling. Don't overbake as the cheesecake will become very dry and crumbly. Allow the cupcakes to cool slightly in the pan before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• When the cupcakes are cold, spoon the cream cheese frosting on top, if using, and decorate with a light sprinkling of cocoa powder.
• For the cream cheese frosting (optional):.
• Beat the confectioners' sugar and butter together with an electric mixer (use a the paddle attachment if you're using a stand mixer) on medium-slow speed and mix well until the mixture comes together.
• Add the cream cheese in one go and beat until it's completely incorporated. Turn the mixer up to medium-high speed. Continue beating until the frosting is light and fluffy, at least 5 minutes. Do not overbeat, as it can become runny. Set aside.

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Add sugar, 1 cup at a time, and then vanilla; mix until smooth.

Steps:

• preheat oven 180 Celsius
• make the filling: using a mixer beat the cream cheese + sugar + egg + salt until smooth . stir in the chocolate chips.
• batter: whisk flour + sugar + cocoa + baking soda + salt.
• - in a small bowl whisk water + egg + vegetable oil + vanilla + vinegar.
• - beat the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients until smooth.
• spoon the batter into muffin cups ( i use foil cups -- but if u can't find them then use any cups) fill them halfway.
• spoon a heaping tablespoon of the filling into the center of each cupcake.
• sprinkle tops with chocolate chips and sugar.
• bake in the upper third of the oven for 15 minute then switch to the lower third in the last 15 minute.