Black-Bottom Cheesecake Cups

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2  cups  all-purpose flour
  • 3/4  cup  sugar
  • 1/3  cup  unsweetened cocoa
  • 1  tablespoon  instant espresso granules
  • 1  teaspoon  baking soda
  • 1/2  teaspoon  salt
  • 1  cup  water
  • 1/3  cup  prune butter
  • 1  tablespoon  white vinegar
  • 2  teaspoons  vanilla extract
  • 1  (8-ounce) package nonfat cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2  cup  sifted powdered sugar
  • 1  egg
  • Vegetable cooking spray
  • 1/2  cup  semisweet chocolate morsels
  • 1/4  cup  chopped almonds

Preparation

Step 1

Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl. Combine water, prune butter, vinegar, and vanilla; stir well. Add to dry ingredients, stirring with a wire whisk until blended; set chocolate batter aside.

Beat cream cheese in a bowl at medium speed of a mixer until smooth. Add powdered sugar and egg, and beat until well-blended; set cream cheese mixture aside.

Place 18 paper muffin cup liners in muffin cups; coat liners with cooking spray. Divide chocolate batter evenly among cups; spoon cream cheese mixture evenly on top of chocolate batter in each cup. Sprinkle chocolate morsels and almonds over cream cheese mixture. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans 5 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.

151 cal, 3.5g fat, 26.1g carbs, 192mg sodium