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Chocolate Cream Cupcakes for my 25th Birthday.
Today is my birthday. I’m officially in my mid-twenties. It’s my quarter century, y’all.
So as conceited as it may be, I baked myself cupcakes and decided to gift y’all with them.
And these aren’t just any regular cupcakes. These are my favorite cupcakes in the entire world. Yes, this is a contender to my favorite flavor, red velvet. You know what that means. These are THAT good.
I mean, just look at them. They’re oozing with chocolate and cream cheese. They’re so super moist on the inside too. So sinful. And so appropriate for a birthday celebration.
Did you know me and N*SYNC hottie, JT, share the same bday? Yup. I’m super-duper cool. OH, and guess who else? Give up? JULIE from The Little Kitchen and I not only share the same names, we share the SAME FREAKING BIRTHDAY too (oh, and we’re both Asian — coincidence??) !! Yeah, this revelation had us thinking “are we in the twilight zone?” So, go tweet at her & wish her a happy freaking birthday! Happy birthday Julie!!
I had these cupcakes years ago, in high school, and I told myself I was going to make them. I got the recipe from my friend and it was forever lost in my inbox. Then Saturday evening rolled around and I suddenly thought of these cupcakes. I had all the ingredients so I woke up early Sunday morning and baked my little heart out. These cupcakes make me so happy :) they’re so decadent and perfect. Want to know my birthday wish? For you to go make these :)
chocolate cream cheese cupcakes
Equipment
Ingredients
For the filling
- 8 ounces (227 g) cream cheese, softened
- ⅓ cup (67 g) granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- Pinch of salt
- 1 cup (236 g) mini semisweet chocolate chips
For the cupcakes
- 3 cups (375 g) all purpose flour
- 2 cups (400 g) sugar
- ⅔ cup (57 g) cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups (473 ml) of water
- ⅔ cup (158 ml) vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoon white vinegar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Prepare muffin pan by lining with muffin liners or by spraying with cooking spray.
- In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the ingredients for the filling (except the chocolate chips) until light and fluffy. Gently fold in the chocolate chips. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add in the water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla extract. With a whisk or wooden spoon, mix together the dry with the wet ingredients until well combined.
- Fill muffin cups with 2/3 full of batter then spool 1 level tbsp. of filling into the center of each cupcake. Repeat until all batter and filling have been used up.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until cake portion comes out clean with a toothpick. Let cupcakes cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing and transferring to wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in airtight container.
Notes
Nutrition
When do i add mini chocolate chip?
In step 2 it says after you beat the ingredients together to gently fold in the chocolate chips.
the recipe has no eggs? thanks :)
It has 1 egg. Please re-read the recipe above..it is in there!
OH sorry thank you! :)
I found the recipe to these on another website and tried them out! Here’s my experience with them: http://dontforgetrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/06/chocolate-cream-cheese-cupcakes.html
I was inspired by your cupcakes so for this week’s Muffin Monday, I added the cheesecake filling right into them. Thanks for the inspiration!
Happy Birthday, sweetness! I didn’t know you & The LIttle Kitchen had the same bday! Fun!! :)
I wouldn’t want to disappoint you since it’s your birthday and all, so I guess I’ll just have to make these. :) Hope you had a happy day!
Happy (day late) Birthday! Glad your dessert turned out better than mine, lol! So many blogger birthdays this time of year! Us Aquarians know food! :)
and happy birthday too! :)
I am SO EXCITED!! My mom used to make these all the time when I was younger, and they are my favorite cupcake. She said she couldn’t remember where she got the recipe or how she made them though. I tried one I found on the internet a while ago, but they didn’t come out quite right. I can’t wait to try these! :) Thanks!
I want 10 of these cupcakes! Hope you had a great day yesterday:-)