Reviewed: May 15, 2011

made this weekend and wow simply great, i baked then in jumbo muffin pans so had to bake them an extra 5 minutes.

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gilly

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Reviewed: May 9, 2011

Very popular with the kids!

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LRobin58

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: May 3, 2011

Meh. The cream cheese part is yummy, but the cake itself is blah. I even followed other's advice and replaced the water with coffee, still blah. I've had way better black bottom cupcakes. These are very pretty, though, so they get a 3.

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MomZilla (Evin)

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Austin, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2011

Very good and easy to make and take for a pot luck, football game, picnic. Because they dont have frosting, they travel well, and can be made a day ahead since they taste better the next day.

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julieka

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2011

Nummy nummy nummyyy. We added strawberries before putting the cream cheese dollup. We made cream cheese icing..Deeee-licious to dip the extra strawberries in!

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amandak426

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2011

Three words: Om nom nom. I used dark chocolate chunks instead of mini chips because the only brand of mini chips available was Nestle (booooo). They gave the cupcake a more sophisticated and less sugary taste. I also used a skewer to swirl the two batters a bit before baking, giving the top a pretty marble finish. Delish!

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Rachel

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2011

Made exactly as the recipe stated and they are GREAT! I did microwave the cream cheese for 19 seconds to soften, the cream cheese batter after mixing was not runny for me, it thickened up even more after sitting for 20 minutes (between batches, only have 1 muffin tin). The cake batter was very thin looking, I was concerned but they came out great! Filled closer to half full and got 17 cupcakes + 1 runt LOL! Thanks for the great recipe, these ingredients are usually something I always have on hand so that's a plus!

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Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2011

i don't know what i did wrong, but these did not turn out.

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Erin V

Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2011

The chocolate cake would be GREAT on it's own...I used 1 C. all purpose flour + 1/2 C. wheat flour. And 1/2 C. EACH of Splenda and White Sugar. Upped the cocoa to 1/3 C.and only used 1/4 t. Salt along with the 1 t. baking soda. I looked at the cream cheese mixture as a substitution for frosting - we could not really tell the mini chocolate chips were in it though:( I omitted the salt and added 1/2 t. Vanilla Extract in the cream cheese mixture and it turned out fine. Sprayed JUMBO muffin tins (it made 10) and baked for 35 minutes until the cream cheese is JUST beginning to brown a bit. We ate a couple hot out of the oven sinced they smelled soooooo good & will be interested to see how they are after a couple of days as well - IF they make it that long :0) THIS IS ONE I WILL MAKE AGAIN & AGAIN !!

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Grandma Barb

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Taylor, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2011

Thanks alot for the great recipe. I got exactly 8oz of expired cream cheese and don't know what to do as it hasn't gone bad until I got this site. Bake this today and it was excellent!! I follow exactly the instruction but I only get 5 cupcakes n too much cream cheese. Immediately I make another batch but i'm out of vanilla essence. I grate 2 lemon zest instead. I think I have to change my measuring cup as the amount is incorrect. Oh ya and I used apple cider vinegar.

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