Surprise Cupcakes Recipe
My mom has been making surprise cupcakes for as long as I can remember! It was one of our favorite Monday Family Night treats! Give this delightful recipe a try… I’m sure you’ll love it!
It’s an easy recipe to throw together. Use your own scratch chocolate cake recipe, or use cake mix from a box (here’s a great way to make a better cake from a box).
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My sister also loves to do this with her cakes. It adds a little omph to a regular chocolate cake!
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Surprise Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 oz block of cream cheese softened
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- Your own cake mix
Instructions
- Prepare your own cake mix as instructed, set aside.
- Beat the cream cheese, egg, vanilla, and sugar. When well blended, add chocolate chips and stir with a spoon.
- Spoon one or two spoonfuls of cake mix into cupcake liners.
- Then get a large spoonful of the cream cheese mixture and layer over the cake mix.
- Add remaining cake mix on the cupcakes.
- Bake as usual and enjoy the delight as someone bites into your cupcake! YUM!
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These look yummy. I like to bite into a cake or pastry and find something gooey. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks Sue!
Oh, very very yummy! What a neat trick!!! Thanks for joining ON THE MENU MONDAY and sharing your delicious cupcakes!