Chocolate-Filled Mini Vanilla Cupcakes
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Total time: 33 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 18 min • Serves: 48 • Difficulty: Easy
These mini cupcakes are the perfect portion-controlled sweet treat.
Ingredients
Unprepared white cake mix
18¼ oz
Water
1 cup(s)
Unsweetened applesauce
⅓ cup(s)
Raw egg
3 large
Pudding
1 cup(s), chocolate, prepared with skim milk
Semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ cup(s)
Fat-free cream cheese
½ cup(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 48 mini muffin cups with paper liners.
2
To make cupcakes, beat together cake mix, water, applesauce and eggs at low speed for 30 seconds; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes more. Spoon batter into lined cupcake cups.
3
Bake cupcakes for 5 minutes. Drop a teaspoon of pudding into the centre of each cupcake. Bake for 13 minutes more and cool for at least 30 minutes.
4
To make icing, create a double boiler: Boil water in a small saucepan and then reduce heat to simmer. Put chocolate chips in a small metal bowl and set bowl over simmering water; stir until chocolate melts. Remove from heat and stir in cream cheese; blend until smooth.
5
Top each cooled cupcake with 1 teaspoon of icing. Yields 1 cupcake per serving.
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