Taste of Home
Cream-Filled Chocolate Cupcakes
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min. + cooling
YIELD: 3 dozen.
Folks who enjoy home-made chocolate cupcakes are even more impressed when they bite into these treats and find a fluffy cream filling. These are great in a lunch box or on a buffet table.
Ingredients
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2 cups sugar
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1 cup 2% milk
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1 cup canola oil
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1 cup water
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2 large eggs, room temperature
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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1/3 cup baking cocoa
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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FILLING:
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1/4 cup butter, softened
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1/4 cup shortening
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2 cups confectioners' sugar
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3 tablespoons 2% milk
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Pinch salt
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Chocolate frosting
Directions
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1.
In a large bowl, beat sugar, milk, oil, water, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into egg mixture until blended.
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2.
Fill paper-lined muffin cups halfway. Bake at 375° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 15-20 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
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3.
In a small bowl, beat butter, shortening, confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and salt until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Insert a very small tip into a pastry bag; fill with cream filling. Push tip through bottom of paper liner to fill each cupcake. Frost cupcakes.
Nutrition Facts
1 cupcake: 195 calories, 9g fat (2g saturated fat), 16mg cholesterol, 160mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (18g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.
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