Black-Bottom Cupcakes

"A lighter version of these scrumptious cupcakes. (From "Lighten Up" by Elaine Magee)"
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
17
Yields:
18 cupcakes
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350*F.
  • Line 18 muffin cups with foil or paper baking cups.
  • To make the cream cheese filling, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese, vanilla, sugar, and egg until well blended.
  • Stir in chocolate chips and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; mix well.
  • Add the water, oil, sour cream, vinegar, and vanilla; beat for 2 minutes.
  • Fill muffin cups 1/2 full with batter.
  • Top each with Tablespoon of cream cheese mixture.
  • Bake 20 minutes, or until cream cheese mixture is light golden brown.
  • Cool for 15 minutes; remove from pans.
  • Cool completely; store in refrigerator.

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Reviews

  1. My Mom used to make these for us as kids but since my metabolism doesn't function as well as it did when I was 13 I was thrilled to see a low fat version :) Even without the added fat and calories, they turned out just as I remember..moist chocolate cupcakes with a creamy "cheesecake" center!! I didn't have the full amount of chocolate chips but it didn't effect the taste for us at all and saved a few calories to boot! Thanks for posting!
     
  2. All I can say about these are YUM! What a wonderful treat that is lowfat! I used all mini-choc chips and sprayed my muffin liners with cooking spray. Great Recipe, Thanks for sharing!
     
  3. Great tasting muffins! Used low-fat cream cheese and a mix of chocolate and butterscotch chips. Made 15 muffins. The only little problem... they stuck a bit to the paper baking cups... but that didn't stop us from enjoying them!!! Thanks Elaine!
     
  4. These were quite yummy. I chopped up some chocolate chunks because I didn't have chips and used those in the cream cheese mix. I also used fat free sour cream instead of the low fat. I actually think that low fat cream cheese might have been better then the fat free (I couldn't get the lumps to go away). These were rich and yummy.
     
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  1. These were quite yummy. I chopped up some chocolate chunks because I didn't have chips and used those in the cream cheese mix. I also used fat free sour cream instead of the low fat. I actually think that low fat cream cheese might have been better then the fat free (I couldn't get the lumps to go away). These were rich and yummy.
     

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Hi! My name is Elaine. I am still currently in school, but one of my favorite hobbies, along with dancing, is to cook. Ever since I was really young, my mom and I would make everything together, especially cookies, cakes, and all other sweets. My dad always cooked dinners, and has passed down many good tips and wonderful recipes. I work whenever I can as a hostess at a nearby restaurant.
 
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