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Ingredients
Cream Cheese Topping
1 8-oz. package cream cheese
1 egg
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 11-oz. package chocolate chips
Cake
1 1/2 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup oil
1 cup water
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
finely chopped walnuts
(optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 325° F.
Cream Cheese Topping
In an electric mixer bowl, blend
cream cheese, egg, the 1/3 cup sugar and salt. Remove bowl
from mixer and manually stir in chocolate chips. Pour into
another bowl and set aside. Clean out electric mixer bowl to
use for cake batter.
Cake
Sift together into a
medium-sized mixing bowl the flour, baking soda and cocoa.
Set aside. In the electric mixer bowl, add the 1 cup of
sugar, water, oil, water, vinegar and vanilla. Beat until
smooth. Add the sifted flour mixture to the wet mixture and
blend with electric mixer until smooth.
Spray all cups in cupcake baking
sheet with non-stick cooking spray (or use cupcake liners
instead of cooking spray). Fill each cup (or cupcake liner)
1/2 full with batter. Spoon 1 tablespoon cheese mixture on
in the middle of each cup (or liner) on top of the cupcake
batter. Sprinkle with nuts (optional) and bake 30-35 minutes
or until a toothpick poked into the center of a cupcake
comes out clean.
Allow to cool before removing
from cupcake baking sheet.
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