Well before I get started with today’s post – I just want to announce and warn you that this may be the most exciting zesty post to date. As I told you before that while we are building our house over the next coming months that I would take zesty on the road. And with this post that is exactly what I did. Yesterday, I was invited over to my sister (and brother) in laws to take part in some baking.
We did a ton of baking along with a few photos of the event. We all had a lot of fun and the results speak for themselves. In the coming days you will see some amazing treats in addition to today’s Chocolate cream cheese cupcakes. While at their house, I thought I would take advantage of their gorgeous kitchen and show it off a bit.
So before we begin with the amazing recipe and picture overload, I want to send a big thank you to my family for helping out zesty in transition mode.
Ingredients
Cream Cheese Topping
- 8 Oz. Cream Cheese
- 1 Egg
- 1/3 Cup Sugar
- 1/2 Tsp. Salt
- 1 Cup Chocolate Chips
Dry Batter
- 1 1/2 Cup Flour
- 1 Cup White Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Cocoa
- 1 Tsp. Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp. Salt
Liquid Items
- 1 Cup Water
- 1/3 Cup Canola Oil
- 1 Tsp. White Vinegar
- 1 Tsp. Vanilla
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 Degrees and spray muffin tins with cooking spray.
- Stir the cream cheese to a creamy, smooth consistency. Add egg, sugar and salt and stir (blend) (cream) to uniform smooth consistency.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl, form a “well ” and set aside.
- Combine liquid ingredients in another bowl.
- Stir liquid ingredients into dry ingredients. Be sure not to over mix.
- Spoon chocolate mixture into muffin tins until about 2/3 full.
- Top each muffin with a tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture (Do note the spoon technique).
- Bake small muffin tins for 9 -11 minutes and regular muffin tins for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- ENJOY!
Zesty Tip: If you need to take these special treats with you to a party, you can make 1.5 times the batter portion. You will have lots of cream cheese topping. Also note that these cupcakes freeze well and are good warm or cold.
Some Kitchen Shots
So now after all this, I have to hear what you think about these cupcakes. When you pop one in your mouth you automatically step away from reality and fall in love with the texture and flavor.
Have a great Thursday and be on the lookout for another great treat from my excursion on Canada Day. Before you go – do not forget to sign up for the POM giveaway.
Take care
zesty
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Those cupcakes look sinful and that kitchen is amazing!
NIIIIICE kitchen digs, man!!
Whoa, those cupcakes look phenomenal!!!
Love the kitchen too!
I would kill for a kitchen like that!
Those cupcakes look orgasmic!
Wow, Zesty…those cupcakes are to live for and I can change the recipe for gluten free….many thanks! Nice kitchen!
How do you stay so skinny eating all those goodies…!
Have a great day!
Pam
http://www.alovefornewrecipes.blogspot.com
I’ve got kitchen envy!! Yours looks really nice!
wow your SIL has a gorgeous kitchen, what a great place to do some guest baking
These cupcakes were a staple in my house growing up, except we called them Topsy Turveys. Sooooo delicious!
Where are all the photos of the Zesty’s cooking together!!?
Def going to need some milk for those cookies! Danica Patrick’s milk mustache photos are awesome!
I want that kitchen!!!
Um, YUM! – Fantastic step by step picks and hello amazingly decadent recipe! Awesome post and I am so jealous of your kitchen!
Oh yum! These remind me of black-bottom cupcakes. I think those use a vanilla batter rather than chocolate though. Trying to think of an excuse to make these right now!
1. I want your kitchen! Beautiful.
2. These cupcakes look amazing.
those look like little bites of heaven! And I am soo incredibly jealous of the kitchen, amazing! Good luck with building your house
-kristen
Oh and I wanted to ask if you have any experience with joomla? I’m wanting to get a new site going. I have the site, the joomla template and new logo. I’m just getting so frustrated because I know what I’d like to do, but I have no idea. Any good joomla tutorials/books out there? thanks!
OMG they look sinfully delicious!
Wow–your kitchen is like a dream! Beautiful!! And those look like the perfect combo of delicious foods =)
Chocolate & cheesecake in one tasty cupcake sounds perfect to me
Do you use an amateur or a professional hand model??
@CAW – we use a professional hand model.
love the kitchen!!! muffins look tasty too
These were a staple in my house growing up! Only my mom called them “self filled” cupcakes, and she’d spoon half the batter in the muffin well, add a spoonful of the cream cheese mixture, then top with the chocolate batter again. Lo and behold: a self-filled cupcake!
I like to see what I’m eating too, though, and your cupcakes look delish!
Zesty – great looking cupcakes! Your sis has an awesome kitchen!
MMM. We have these in our oven right now. Thanks for an easy-to-follow recipe!
What a great idea! Surely I’ll bake them!
My FAVORITE kind of cupcake! Thanks for the post with so many great photos to follow!
My mom always used to make these growing up and would top some with cholate frosting and some with cream cheese frosting.