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                         BLACK BOTTOM CUPCAKES

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Serving Size  : 3    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Desserts

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                       -----CREAM-CHEESE MIXTURE-----
 16       oz           Cream cheese,
                       -room temperature
  2                    Eggs
    2/3   c            Sugar
    1/8   t            Salt
 12       oz           Chocolate chips,
                       -semisweet
                       -----FLOUR MIXTURE-----
  3       c            Flour, all-purpose
  1       c            Sugar, granulated
    1/2   c            Dark brown sugar
  2       t            Baking soda
    1/2   c            Cocoa, or more
                       -to taste
    1/8   t            Salt
                       -----LIQUIDS-----
  1 1/3   c            Water
    2/3   c            Vegetable oil
  2       T            Vinegar, white
  1       T            Vanilla
  2       T            Rum, dark
                       -(Myers's), optional
 16       oz           Sour cream

 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

 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 3/4 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
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