Chocolate Filled Cupcakes Recipe just in time for Valentine's Day!

As a special treat for you; Kristen and her mom show you her favorite cupcakes from childhood! These are special & don't need icing. The recipe is by a sweet family friend named Deedra Van Dyke of whom has given her permission to reprint and film for YouTube.  Thank you Deedra! Deedra says, "We love to take them camping with us! Just throw them in the cooler and its such a treat!"

The chocolate filled cupcakes have a sweet cream & chocolate chip filling inside. Your friends and families will beg for more!

Also included in the video are two icing recipes for fun. One is a cream cheese made with Oreos blended, perfect for a sock monkey theme! The other is a Butter cream icing with maraschino cherry flavor as well and would be great for Valentine's Day with candied hearts, a cherry or red crystal sprinkles!











See the recipe below & follow along in the YouTube video:

Filled Chocolate Cupcakes 
by Deedra Van Dyke
(Makes 36 servings)

3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups water
2/3 cup oil
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tsp vanilla

FILLING
8 ounces Cream cheese
1 whole egg
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Make filling mixture by beating cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt together and stir in chocolate chips.  Set aside. Preheat oven 350 degrees.  Beat up all other ingredients and fill muffin cups to 1/2 full.  Put a teaspoon of filling on top of each muffin cup and bake for 20 minutes.

Per serving: 173 calories; 8g Fat (40% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 25g Carbohydrate; 12mg Cholesterol; 110mg Sodium
(Nutritional information pulled from an automated system in a recipe software program called MasterChef - info is old)


Happy Baking!

Kristen Mangus
GoodKnit Kisses
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How to make Chocolate Filled Cupcakes & Fun icing recipes

Easter Bunny Cake

Want to a fun project to make and eat with kids?!  Try a Bunny Cake!

I actually learned this in a Home Economics class in Jr High. Today I was asked to give instructions on how to make one. Have fun!

What you'll need:

• 2 - 9"round cakes (for instructions use 9" or change sizes to fit your cake size) I like Strawberry, white or yellow.  Pre-make these in advance to be cooled, especially if for a class setting. They could even be frozen.
• Coconut (white)
• Coconut (pink or dye some with food coloring)
• White frosting (enough to cover most of two cakes)
• Pink Frosting (small amount)
• A small tube of black piping for mouth
• Gumdrops or round colored candy for eyes and nose
• black shoestring licorice
• ALTERNATE: If allergic to Coconut use white sugar beads  or other to create fur

Cut the ears and bow:

See the diagram below and picture for the bunny image.  Use one 9" round cake for the bunny face.  The other gets two arc cuts to make the ears and the middle part makes a bow.  *Try to match the same curve as the outside of the circle.  imagine you are cutting a baseball image.* I suggest cutting it on parchment or wax paper to make moving the bow easier.  Use a spatula or the paper to move the ears into place.

Decoration instructions:

Poke with a toothpick, fork or slightly cut or mark the inside area of the ears to outline where the pink of the ears will go.  The ears will be white on the sides and edges. The inside will be pink, like the inside of a real bunny's ears.  Ice them in the appropriate colors and sprinkle the same coconut color on top to make it look furry. Ice the face in white and place the candies on the face.  Blue or green gumdrops for the eyes, a red, black or pink gumdrop for the nose and licorice for the whiskers.  Use your small tube of black icing for the mouth or use more licorice. Sprinkle the white coconut on the face. Place the bow below the face and use the pink icing on top. (Alternate you could make a boy bunny in blue or use any other color, you'll just need more icing or add food coloring to your left over white icing if finished with the bunny part.)

Show us your cakes!! I'd love to see your own creations!  Send your pictures to goodknitkisses@gmail.com and I'll post them on this blog.  Happy Easter everyone! -Kristen





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