Easy Cupcake Recipes
Black Bottom Cupcakes

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Here are some cupcake recipes floating around in my recipe file. Of course the Black Bottom Cupcakes are our favorite, and you could consider it a filled cupcake recipe. Also see the Halloween Cupcakes

These recipes will show you how to make easy homemade cupakes, of course any cake mix can be made into cupcakes, just don't let them cook as long as a regular cake. Baking cupakes is fun. I love baking cupcakes more than making a regular cake. The kids like them better too, not so much gets wasted. Also you may like to make the Cupcake cookies.

Cupcake Tips:
-What do you do it you run out of paper baking cups? Just put 1/2 a tsp. of oil in each cupcake holder. They will not stick.
-No spill cupcakes. An ice cream scoop can be used to fill cupcake papers without spilling.

Black Bottom Cupcakes Recipe

1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup cooking oil
1 tblsp. white vinegar

Mix together in a bowl flour, sugar, cocoa, salt and baking soda.
Add water, vanilla, cooking oil and vinegar. Beat until smooth.
Line muffin tins with paper baking cups. Fill each cup 1/3 full with batter.
Top each with a heaping teaspoonful of the cream cheese mixture below.

8 oz. cream cheese softened
1 egg
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
6 oz. chocolate chips

Combine in a small mixing bowl the softened cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt. Beat well, then stir in chocolate chips. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Yields 2 dozen cupcakes.

Tips: These don't need to be iced. Also I save a little of the cake batter, and after putting the filling in, I add a teaspoon of cake batter on top to cover the cream cheese. It kind of gives it the effect of a Hostess Cupcake.

-Also, once I didn't put chocolate chips in the filling, and the center of the cupcakes "fell" after baking. I wonder why that happened???

-Once I used a chocolate cake mix instead of making my own, and they came out just gorgeous.

Cupcake Cookies (Recipe from 1963)

1/2 lb oleo
1/2 lb. cream cheese
2 cups flour

Mix well and place in refrigerator over night.

Filling: 2 eggs
1 cup walnuts
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tblsp melted oleo

Press dough into small cupcake pans or cupcake liners. Spoon filling into each cup cake. Bake at 325 F. for 40 minutes.

Easy Cupcakes (Recipe from 1953)

2 eggs beaten
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup boiling water
1 Tblsp butter

Beat eggs 5 minutes, adding salt, beat in sugar and vanilla, Sift flour and baking powder together, and add.
Melt butter in hot water and add. Use cupcake liners. Bake at 350 till done. 20 min.

Quick Sponge Cupcakes

1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 Tblsp cold water
flavoring if desired

Sift flour with baking powder, add the other ingredients and beat 5 minutes.
Put into muffin tins and bake in a moderate oven 350 for 20 min
Makes 16 cakes. Also See Strawberry Recipes for more shortcakes.

Toll House Cupcakes

1/2 cup soft butter
6 Tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Combine and beat till creamy.
Beat in 1 egg
Sift together and stir
1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons sifted flour,
1/2 tsp baking soda,
1/2 tsp salt
Spoon by rounded tablespoon into cupcake cups with papers.
Bake at 375 10 to 12 min. While they are cooking, make the topping.

Topping

1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/8 tsp salt.

Beat till very thick. Stir in 1 6oz pkg chocolate chips, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and 1 tsp vanilla Spoon 1 tablespoon over each cupcake. Return to oven, bake at 375 for 15 min. Also see Tollhouse cookies.

Dinah's English Cupcakes (1968 church cookbook)

10 tablespoons flour
3 tsp. baking powder
pinch salt
1 cup shortening
10 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup coconut
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
milk

Sift dry ingredients, blend shortening and sugar. Stir in coconut. Beat eggs in 1 cup measuring cup, add vanilla. Fill remainder of cup with milk. Add to above mixture. Bake 20 minutes at 450 degrees.

Also see Halloween Cupcakes and easy muffins

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