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    Home | Recipes | 30 Minute Meals

    Mini Black Bottom Cupcake Recipe

    Dated: December 14, 2020 Last Modified: December 25, 2022 by Sarah Mock 3 Comments. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This post contains affiliate links.

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    This recipe for Black Bottom Cupcakes is the traditional recipe, straight from the church cookbook, and is out of the oven in less than 30 minutes.

    These homemade chocolate cupcakes have a rich chocolate cake base and a creamy cheesecake filling in the middle of the cupcake complete with miniature chocolate chips baked together in a mini cupcake paper.

    Black Bottom Cupcake in an opened cupcake wrapper with a bit taken out of the cake

    These delicious black bottom cupcakes are also known as tuxedo cupcakes and I love to enjoy them with a glass of cold milk. Chocolate pizzelles, peanut butter blossom cookies and Pittsburgh nut roll are all holiday cookies that we make every year.

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    • 💖 Here is why I love this recipe:
    • 🥫 Ingredients needed:
    • 📝 Notes on the ingredients
    • 🧁 How to make Black Bottoms
    • 📝 Frequently asked questions, answers and tips:
    • ❄️ Storage Tips
    • 🍪 more cookie recipes:
    • Black Bottom Cupcakes
    • 👩🏻‍🍳 Sarah Mock
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    💖 Here is why I love this recipe:

    • This is the recipe my grandmother would make each Christmas. There would be a plate of them on the kitchen table when we arrived for the holiday.
    • Bakes in 30 minutes and are best served chilled.
    • Like a cheesecake and moist chocolate cupcakes had a baby!

    🥫 Ingredients needed:

    ingredients in bowls with text overlay labeling the ingredients

    Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.

    📝 Notes on the ingredients

    • Chocolate Cupcake Ingredients:
      • flour - all-purpose flour works for this recipe. Read why the type of flour matters when you learn baking terms
      • vinegar - white vinegar works but apple cider vinegar can be substituted in.
      • cocoa - unsweetened cocoa powder for baking. Use dark chocolate cocoa powder for rich chocolate cupcackes
      • vanilla - vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste. Learn how to make your own vanilla extract.Cream cheese filling ingredients:
      • cream cheese - full fat cream cheese... it is the holidays! Go big!
      • mini chocolate chips - because these cumcakes are mini, regular chocoalte chips will be too large.
    • Cream cheese filling ingredients:
      • cream cheese - full fat cream cheese... it is the holidays! Go big!
      • mini chocolate chips - because these cupcakes are mini, regular chocolate chips will be too large.

    🧁 How to make Black Bottoms

    Black Bottom Cupcakes steps
    1. Make the cream cheese filling: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the room temperature cream cheese, sugar, and salt until light and fluffy. About 2 minutes on medium speed. Black Bottom Cupcakes cream cheese mixture horizontal
    2. Add the egg and stir until incorporated. Finally, stir in the mini chocolate chips. Black Bottom Cupcakes cream cheese mixture with chocolate chips
    3. Make the chocolate cupcake batter: In a separate bowl, blend all the chocolate cupcake ingredients until they are blended. About 2 minutes. Black Bottom Cupcakes chocolate batter
    4. Fill the cupcake liners: line mini muffin tins with paper mini cupcake liners. Give the liners a light spray of non-stick pan sprayBlack Bottom Cupcake chocoalte batter
    5. Use a small scoop to portion out the chocolate batter into each paper liner. The cupcake liner should be filled ⅓-½ of the way. raw Black Bottom Cupcakes
    6. Top the center of each cupcake with a heaping teaspoon of cream cheese mixture. Black Bottom Cupcakes baked
    7. Bake the black bottoms - Bake for 15-18 minutes at 350 or until the cream cheese centers are just set. Black Bottom Cupcakes on a cooling rack
    8. Cool cupcakes- remove the cupcakes from the pan once able to handle and cool completely on a wire rack. Chill in the refrigerator for best results

    📝 Frequently asked questions, answers and tips:

    • Don't overbake - Keep in mind that there will be a bit of cary-over cooking once the cupcakes are removed from the oven. If the black bottoms are baked too long, they will be dry.
    • Spray the paper liners - I have found that depending on the brand of mini cupcake liners I am able to find, they have a tendency to stick to the cupcakes. So to be on the safe side, I give a light spray of non-stick spray.
    • Don't overfill - don't overfill the liner with the chocolate cake batter. The cream cheesecake filling still needs a place to go and then the whole thing needs to be baked.

    ❄️ Storage Tips

    Store black-bottom cupcakes in an airtight container with a layer of waxed paper between layers of the cupcakes.

    This black bottom cupcakes recipe freezes well. Just be sure to allow them to come to room temperature before serving.

    🍪 more cookie recipes:

    • Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
    • Nut Roll Recipe
    • Oreo Truffle
    • Cookie Cups
    • Double Tree Cookie
    • Chocolate Pizzells
    • Hot Chocolate Bombs
    • Gluten-Free Christmas Cookies
    • Black Bottom Cupcakes

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    Black Bottom Cupcakes

    Black Bottom Cupcakes

    Sarah Mock
    This recipe for Black Bottom Cupcakes comes straight from the church lady cookbook so you know everyone will love them.
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    There is more to a recipe than just the recipe card. Frequently Asked Questions within the blog post that you may find helpful. Simply scroll back up to read them!

    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
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    Course Dessert Recipes
    Cuisine American
    Servings 36 cupcakes
    Calories 141 kcal

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    Ingredients
     
     

    Cupcake ingredients:

    • 1 ½ cups flour
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 cup water
    • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
    • 1 teaspoon vinegar
    • ¼ cup cocoa
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla

    Cream cheese filling ingredients:

    • 8 ounce cream cheese
    • ⅓ cup sugar
    • 1 egg
    • ⅛ teaspoon salt
    • 12 ounce mini chocolate chips

    Instructions
     

    Make the cream cheese filling

    • Cream together the softened cream cheese, sugar, and salt until light and fluffy. About 2 minutes. Add the egg and stir until incorporated. Finally, stir in the mini chocolate chips.
      1 cup sugar, 8 ounce cream cheese, 1 egg, ⅛ teaspoon salt, 12 ounce mini chocolate chips

    Make the chocolate cake batter

    • In a mixing bowl, blend all the chocolate ingredients until they are blended. About 2 minutes.
      1 ½ cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 cup water, ⅓ cup vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon vinegar, ¼ cup cocoa, ½ teaspoon vanilla, ⅓ cup sugar
    • Line a mini cupcake pan with paper mini cupcake liners. Give the liners a light spray of non-stick pan spray. Use a small scoop to portion out the chocolate batter into each paper liner. The cupcake liner should be filled ⅓-1/2 of the way. Top with a heaping teaspoon of cream cheese mini chocolate chip mixture.
    • Use a small scoop to portion out the chocolate batter into each paper liner. The cupcake liner should be filled ⅓-1/2 of the way. Top with a heaping teaspoon of cream cheese mini chocolate chip mixture.
    • Bake for 15-18 minutes at 350 or until the cream cheese centers are just set.
    • Remove the cupcakes from the pan once able to handle and cool completely on a cooling rack. Chill in the refrigerator for best results.

    Notes

    • Don't over bake - Keep in mind that there will be a bit of cary-over cooking once the cupcakes are removed from the oven. If the black bottoms are baked too long, they will be dry.
    • Spray the liners - I have found that depending on the brand of mini cupcake liners I am able to find, they have a tendency to stick to the cupcakes. So to be on the safe side, I give a light spray of non-stick spray.
    • Don't overfill - don't overfill the liner with the chocolate cake batter. The cream cheese cake filling still needs a place to go and then the whole thing needs to be baked.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Calories: 141kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 2gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 65mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13g

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    Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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    1. Sarah Mock

      December 25, 2022 at 9:33 pm

      Oh my goodness! yes! I did miss adding the temperature. Thank you for pointing it out. 350 if the temperature. I have adjusted the recipe card.

      Sarah

    2. Doreen Hainsworth

      December 23, 2022 at 2:29 pm

      I can't seem to find the oven temperature anywhere. Is it 350F?

    3. Cindy

      October 28, 2022 at 8:13 am

      By spraying the cupcake liner with non-stick spraywouldn’t the paper look greasy?

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