Surprise Cupcakes

recipe from: Katrina's Nana.



For Sunday baking night, we made one of our favorites that we haven't made for awhile. It is a recipe from Katrina's Nana and it is always a crowd pleaser. It is a favorite of some of our frequent dessert eaters. The cupcakes are good just as chocolate cupcakes go, but the best part is the surprise inside. In the middle of these delectable treats is a cream cheese filling. We don't frost these particular cupcake treats because they are just oh so delicious all on their own.

Ingredients:
8oz cream cheese room temp
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 c choc chips

Cream the cheese and sugar together. Beat in the egg then stir in the chips and set aside.

Next Ingredients:
3 c flour 2 eggs
1 1/2 c sugar 3/4 c oil
8 T cocoa 2 T white vinegar
2 tsp baking soda 2 c water
1 1/2 tsp salt
Blend these until smooth.



Line a muffin tin with paper cups. Fill each cup with 1 1/2 T batter, top with 1 T filling then cover with the remainder of the batter.





Bake at 350 for 20-25 min.
Yield: 2 1/2 dozen

As always, enjoy!

Creamsicle Cookies

Recipe from: girlwhoateeverything
Baking night is back! Alright I realize that this blog was sort of neglected after the first post. The biggest reason behind this is that we started it up at the very end of the semester so we went our separate ways for the spring and didn't have baking night as much over the summer. Instead we had baking day where we baked food and sent it to the MTC. Well now that we are back to school and settled in baking night has be reinstated. Our first night we tried out a new recipe and it was delicious!
If you like orange creamsicles, you should love these cookies! You can have the delicious summer treat even when it is cold with these awesome cookies. I definitely recommend it!

Creamsicle Cookies:

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 firmly packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons orange zest (for me that was the zest of 2 oranges)
2 cups Guitard Choc-Au-Lait Vanilla Chips (I used Ghirardelli white chips)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add flour mixture until combined. Stir in orange zest and chips.



Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Do not flatten cookies; it will make them dry. Bake 8 - 10 minutes or until golden brown around edges. Do not overcook! Cookies will be plump. Cool for several minutes on cookie sheets before transferring to rack to cool completely. Store in airtight container.



Most important...enjoy the deliciousness!

Cake n Cheesecake

For weekly Sunday night baking this week we made cake n cheesecake. It's a cheesecake that has cake on the bottom as the crust. It was delicious!

The Cheesecake:
8oz pkg cream cheese (at room temp)
2/3c sugar
1/2 c sour cream
1 t vanilla
2 eggs

Mix the sugar and cream cheese together until creamy. Add the sour cream and vanilla, blend in the eggs, one at a time. set aside.

The Cake/Crust:
1c flour
1t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1/2c butter softened
2/3c sugar
2 eggs
1T milk
1t vanilla



Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Cream the butter, gradually add sugar and cream well. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each. Stir in milk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and blend well.
Turn into 10in deep dish pie plate that has been greased and floured on the bottom only. Spread the batter over bottom and sides, spreading a little thinner over the sides. Spoon cheese mixture over the batter.



Bake at 325 for 40-45 min, spread with topping and bake an additional 5min. Cool, cover with plastic wrap and chill in fridge for at least 4 hours.



Sour cream topping:
Combine-
1c sour cream
2 T sugar
1 t vanilla

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