Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

Level of Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 48


I recently hosted a Baby shower for a friend who was having a baby girl. This is the third and last post on the desserts I made for the baby shower. See my previous posts for the Sugar Cookies, and Panna Cotta recipes.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

These are easy bite sized Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing. I decorated the cupcakes with edible chocolate letters. Unlike all of my previous posts, this is not completely homemade. The icing is homemade but the cupcake is a based on a Cake Mix.  I used Pamela's Choclate Cake Mix with an extra 1/4 cup of Cocoa. I find the extra chocolate gives it a better depth of flavor. 

I made these for a baby shower, but they are also a great idea for Mother's day!

Makes ~48 mini cupcakes, where each one has approximately:

105 Calories,  17g Carbs,  2g Fat,  1g Protein

Cream Cheese Icing

4 oz	Cream Cheese
3 T	Butter
1/2 t	Vanilla
2 1/2 cups	Icing Sugar

Directions:

1. Cream the Vanilla, Butter, and Cream Cheese together with an Electric Mixture in a small bowl.

2. Add the Icing sugar slowly using the electric mixer.

Chocolate Cup Cake

1 bag	Pamela's Chocolate Cake mix
3	Eggs
1 cup	Sour Cream
1 cup	Water
1/4 cup	Cocoa Powder

* this is the list of ingredients on the bag for the Luscious Chocolate Cake, with added Cocoa

Directions:

1. Add the Cocoa powder to the Cake Mix in a large bowl.




2. Follow the directions on the bag for the Luscious Chocolate Cake (it is the only recipe with sour cream)

3. Line mini cupcake tin with cupcake liners




4.  Spoon mixture into a mini-cupcake tins (3/4 full). Bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes




5. Frost with the icing, when cool. 

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These will keep several days in a sealed container (they will dry-out quickly if they are not sealed) or they may be frozen.

Brand Recommendations:

Here are the Gluten Free Brands I use to make this recipe:

• Pamela's Choclate Cake Mix

Please post your experience with this recipe in the comments... and is it worth the calories?