Cupcakes Recipe ✶ Strawberry-Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes

These cupcakes come out so moist, and the surprise in the middle makes them even better - the whipped cream cheese makes filling nice and creamy.

Ingredients

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix with pudding
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1 (12 ounce) package whipped cream cheese
• ¼ cup strawberry preserves
• 1 (16 ounce) container whipped cream cheese frosting
• 12 strawberries, sliced

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
3. Stir chocolate cake mix, sour cream, vegetable oil, water, and eggs together in a large bowl.
4. Pour cake batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.
5. Place a small spoonful of whipped cream cheese in each muffin cup.
6. Stir strawberry preserves in a bowl until smooth; spoon about 1/4 teaspoon per cupcake over cream cheese.
7. Gently press strawberry preserves and cream cheese into the cake batter with a spoon.
8. Bake in preheated oven until cupcake tops spring back when lightly touched, 18 to 20 minutes.
9. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
10. Spread cream cheese frosting over completely cooled cupcakes and garnish with strawberry slices.

Nutrition Facts

• calories294.6
• carbohydrateContent30.9 g
• cholesterolContent33 mg
• fatContent18.9 g
• fiberContent0.6 g
• proteinContent2.8 g
• saturatedFatContent6.7 g
• sodiumContent294 mg
• sugarContent21.6 g