I found this cool piece of baking equipment at the store. It creates a perfect hole in the center of a baked cupcake for filling with icing. It’s called a cupcake corer. Of course I needed to try how it worked so I made these chocolate muffins with cream cheese filling. I loved it! It’s so easy and it makes the muffins a lot more special.
Learn how to make these chocolate muffins with cream cheese filling after the jump. . .
What you need for chocolate muffins with cream cheese filling
For the chocolate muffins
– 200 grams of softened butter
– 200 grams of flour
– 200 grams of caster sugar
– 4 large eggs
– 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar
– 1/2 teaspoon of salt
– 50 grams of Dutch processed cacao
– 70 grams of chocolate chips
For the cream cheese filling
– 200 grams of cream cheese
– 150 grams of powdered sugar
– 50 grams of softened butter
How to make chocolate muffins with cream cheese filling
Preheat your oven at 180 degrees Celsius.Mix the butter, the sugar and the vanilla in a bowl until it’s creamy. Add the eggs one by one. Add the flour, the salt and the cacao and mix well. Put the chocolate chips in the mix and stir. This mix should be enough for 12 til 18 muffins depending on the size. Put the mix into muffin tins lined with cupcake liners
