Eggless black bottom cupcakes recipe – soft, moist and spongy chocolate cake as a base. It has creamy, sweet cream cheese filling in the center. The chocolaty flavor with creamy, smooth cheesecake like filling. It is just fantastic.
For making these cupcakes, first we need to make cream cheese filling. It is made from cream cheese, sugar, yogurt, cornstarch and flavored with vanilla.
Secondly we need to make chocolate cake batter. The chocolate cake base recipe is similar to my chocolate cupcakes. This chocolate cake is egg-free and made with oil. Addition of vinegar makes it spongy and soft.
Lastly, pour the chocolate cake batter into the muffin pan. Top the center with cream cheese filling. And bake into pre-heated oven.
The chocolate and cream cheese layer does not dissolve as it bakes. They stay separated. It is the beautiful and magical part of the cupcake.
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How to make Black bottom cupcakes recipe:
1) Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F or 180 degrees C for at least 10 minutes.
2) Line 12 muffin cups with cupcake liners and keep it aside.
3) Make cream cheese filling: Remove the cream cheese from fridge and bring it to room temperature. Take soften cream cheese in a bowl.
4) Whisk it till it gets smooth. You can use wire whisk or stand mixer with whisk attachment or hand mixer.
5) Add sugar.
6) Whisk again till it gets smooth. Do not over-beat it, otherwise mixture will get runny. and it gets dissolve with chocolate cake while baking.
7) Then add yogurt, cornstarch and vanilla extract.
8) Mix well. Keep it aside till needed.
9) Make chocolate cake batter: Take all purpose flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Mix it using wire whisk. or sift it if your cocoa powder has many lumps.
10) In another bowl, take water, oil, vinegar and vanilla extract.
11) Whisk well till everything is incorporated.
12) Add dry flour mixture to the wet ingredients bowl.
13) Whisk it till everything is mixed. Do not overmix the batter.
14) Divide the chocolate cake batter into muffin pans.
15) Now add spoon of cream cheese filling in the center.
16) cupcakes are ready to bake.
17) Bake into preheated oven for about 25 minutes. Check by inserting a toothpick into the chocolate cake part. It should come out clean. Remove it from the oven. Let it cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Then remove it to a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
18) As cupcakes get cooled down to room temperature. The center part will sink in. It is perfectly normal.
Serving suggestion: Enjoy this eggless black bottom cupcakes as a dessert or anytime of the day. This tastes best when served chilled.
Eggless black bottom cupcakes recipe
Ingredients
For cream cheese filling:
- 227 grams or 8 oz Cream cheese
- 1/3 cup White granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons Plain yogurt
- 2 teaspoons Corn flour (corn starch)
- 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
For chocolate cake:
- 1 ½ cups All purpose flour (Maida)
- 1 cup White granulated sugar
- 5 tablespoons Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Water
- 1/3 cup Oil
- 1 tablespoon White distilled vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degree F or 180 degree C for at least 10 minutes.
- Line 12 muffin cups with cupcake liners and keep it aside.
Making cream cheese filling:
- Remove the cream cheese from fridge and bring it to room temperature.
- Take soften cream cheese in a bowl.
- Whisk it till it gets smooth.
- Add sugar. Whisk again till it gets smooth.
- Do not over-beat it, otherwise mixture will get runny. and it gets dissolve with chocolate cake while baking.
- Then add yogurt, cornstarch and vanilla extract. Mix well. Keep it aside till needed.
Making eggless black bottom cupcakes recipe:
- Take all purpose flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Mix it using wire whisk. or sift it if your cocoa powder has many lumps.
- In another bowl, take water, oil, vinegar and vanilla extract.
- Whisk well till everything is incorporated.
- Add dry flour mixture to the wet ingredients bowl.
- Whisk it till everything is mixed.
- Divide the chocolate cake batter into muffin pans.
- Now add spoon of cream cheese filling in the center.
- Bake into preheated oven for about 25 minutes. Check by inserting a toothpick into the chocolate cake part. It should come out clean.
- Remove it from the oven. Let it cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
- Then remove it to a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
- As cupcakes gets cooled down to room temperature. The center part will sink in. It is perfectly normal.
Andrea Thompson
Do you think its okay to use apple cider vinegar instead of regular? Do you think it will hurt to add chocolate chips to the cupcake batter and the cream cheese filling?
Also planning to veganize this with vegan cream cheese and soy milk yogurt! Will see how it goes!
Kanan
yes you can use apple cider vinegar. addition of chocolate chip is best, go for it.
Please Let me know how it turns out using vegan ingredients.
Bhavana
What oil do you recommend? I recently tried a recipe (not yours) which had groundnut oil, but my chocolate cupcakes ended up tasting like peanut cupcakes :/ not sure if it was the choice of oil or the quantity that was the culprit. Btw, I’ve used groundnut oil in your muffin recipes and there was no issue there.
Kanan
I have used canola oil.
You can use any flavorless oil like canola, corn, vegetable, safflower, peanut oil.
Yes peanut oil/groundnut oil can be used in any baking recipe. It does not have strong flavor.
That recipe might not have enough chocolate flavor that can hide the taste of oil and oil flavor overpowers.
In this recipe, you will get enough chocolatey flavor from cocoa powder, so no worries.
Meerra
Do I have to use hot water or lukewarm water?!
Kanan
Regular room temperature water