Black-And-White Cupcake Recipe

Black-And-White Cupcakes Cream Cheese Layer Ingredients

8 oz Cream cheese; softened
1/4 c Sugar
1 lg Egg

Black-And-White Cupcakes Cake Layer Ingredients

1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 c Sugar
2 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Water
1/3 c Vegetable oil
1 lg Egg
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Semisweet chocolate pieces

Black-And-White Cupcakes Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line 16 muffin cups with foil or paper liners.

Black-And-White Cupcakes Cheese Layer Directions

Beat cream cheese in bowl until smooth.
Beat in sugar and egg until blended.

Black-And-White Cupcakes Cake Layer Directions

Mix together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a medium-size bowl.
Whisk water, oil, egg and vanilla.
Stir into flour mixture.
Stir in half te chocolate pieces.
Fill prepared muffin cups half full with chocolate cake batter.
Using remaining cake batter and all of cream cheese batter, spoon batters, side by side over bottom cake layer, creating a top that is dark and white.
Sprinkle tops with chocolate pieces.
Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for about 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Transfer pan to wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
Turn cupcakes out onto the rack to cool combpletely.