Richy & Gooey Black Bottom Cupcakes
"This recipe is always a hit with everyone, but especially with kids and chocolate lovers. I've had this since back in the 1970's, and it was one of the first recipes I saved as a teenager. Nice and chocolate-y, and who can resist the sweet cream cheese?"
photo by CarrolJ
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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48 cupcakes
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
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Topping
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 beaten egg
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 6 ounces chocolate chips
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Cupcake
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄3 cup cooking oil (I prefer Extra Light Olive Oil)
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Place cupcake cups into miniature cupcake pans.
- Make the topping: Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt until creamy and smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Make the cupcake batter: Sift together the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add the liquid ingredients: water, cooking oil, vinegar and vanilla, and beat for one minute on low speed, then for another minute on medium speed. (The batter may be a little thin.).
- Fill small cupcake cups about halfway (or a little more) with the chocolate batter. Drop a scant teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture on top.
- Bake for approximately 20 minutes. Makes 4 dozen.
- (tip: use a piping back, or a zip lock bag with the corner cut out, to fill the cupcake cups with the batter, especially if you are doubling this recipe for a crowd.).
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Reviews
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I made large cupcakes because that is the size of the pan I have to use in my Convection oven. I got 10 large cupcakes out of the recipe. Because my batches were larger I baked them for 25 minutes. These were big hit with the chocolate lovers here. These are sooo rich they don't need frosting. I had too much of the topping mixture and had to throw it away since I knew it couldn't be eaten as is since it had a raw egg in it. Made for Fall PAC 2012.
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KK7707
Saint Petersburg
One of my passions is to feed people, but I wouldn't work in a commercial kitchen on a bet. It's too hard - and I have great respect for those who do it. I fix dinner for about 60 people once a year and am always looking for new recipes for "the party", which is what led me to this site. My husband and I also make and can jams (especially strawberry - plentiful in Florida, peaches, tomatoes and green beans, not to mention the annual cookie frenzy each December when we make about 75 dozen cookies for gifts. We also smoke salmon often. We love living in Florida, but miss the fine seafood, corn, tomatoes, peaches and apples of the mid-Atlantic coast.?Below I've?defined how I rate recipes to make my ratings more useful. I think this is important as I rely a great deal on ratings and comments by other Chefs and I would like to know what their standards are. How I rate recipes: 5 stars: These are recipes I expect to make many times and require little in the way of changes to be really, really good. This rating doesn't take into account as to whether a recipe is 'gourmet' or just plain good food - if I expect to make it often, it gets 5 stars. 4 stars: These are recipes that are very good, but for one reason or another I don't expect to make it often. The reasons for not making it often can be varied, such as difficulty or cost, but NOT because we just thought it was OK instead of great. These recipes are just as good as my 5-stars and are ones I would consider making again. 3 stars: These are recipes that one of my family or extended family liked or loved, but there wasn't a consensus that it was really good. 3 stars means I probably won't make again unless there are easy changes I can do to make it more to our liking. 2 stars: These are recipes that just aren't to my taste for one reason or another. Could be flavor, poor appearance, difficulty - just about anything. I don't plan to make it again. 1 star: These are recipes I didn't even end up serving to others and will not make again. Usually my problem with these recipes is with the taste. You won't find many of these ratings from me as it is sometimes kinder to just not rate it. If I do rate it, it is to make suggestions on how to improve it.
