Choc cheese Muffin

By suefeuer

Ingredients

• 1 C flour
• 1/2 C cocoa
• 1 tsp baking powder
• Pinch kosher salt
• 6 TB butter
• 1 C sugar
• 1 egg
• Scant 3/4 milk
• Filling
• 12 oz whipped cream cheese
• 4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 C mini choc chips
• Ganache
• 4 oz bittersweet choc, chopped or 3/4 C choc chips
• 1/2 C heavy cream

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350, line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.

2. In large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.

3. In the bowl of electric mixer, combine butter and sugar.beat at med sped for one minute. Add egg and beat until combined. At low speed, gradually add half the flour mixture, then milk, then remaining flour mixture. Beat until combined.

4. Prepare filling. Whisk together cream cheese, vanilla, sugar,, choc chips

5. Pour a small amt of choc batter into each cupcake liner, just enough to cover the bottom. Add a heaping of cheese filling. Cover with additional choc batter until cupcake liner is 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes. Let's cool.

6. Prepare ganache. Combine choc and heavy cream in double boiler. Heat. Stirring occasionally until choc is melted. Stir to combine. Remove from heat.


7. When muffins are cool, dip tops in ganache. Refrigerate until set.