Black Bottom Cupcakes

Ingredients

450 ml cream cheese
2 eggs
325 gr sugar
1 gr salt
230 gr chocolate chips
375 gr flour
110 gr dark brown sugar
9 gr baking soda
45 gr cocoa
325 ml water
160 ml vegetable oil
10 ml vinegar
4 gr vanilla
10 gr rum
450 ml sour cream

Instructions

Preheat oven to 190ÂșC . MAKE THE CREAM-CHEESE MIXTURE: Blend cream cheese, eggs, sugar and salt with a wooden spoon. Carefully fold in chips. Set aside. MAKE THE FLOUR MIXTURE: Combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt in another bowl. Mix in the liquids. Blend thoroughly. Line muffin tins with cupcake papers. Fill papers about 0.75 full with batter. Drop about one heaping tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each. Bake until done, about 30 minutes. Do not overbake. NOTES: * Chocolate Cupcakes with a Cream Cheese Filling -This was adapted from a recipe in the December, 1980 issue of _Bon Appetit_. I have doubled the original, along with changing it, so it may not double again easily. Yield: Makes 3 dozen. : Difficulty: moderate. : Time: 20 minutes preparation, 30 minutes baking. : Precision: measure the ingredients. : Ed Gould s-2MTs0 Xs-2INUs0, 2560 Ninth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA : {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust