Cream-filled Cupcakes Recipe

Cream-filled Cupcakes are fun to make and even more fun to eat!

• Meal Type: Dessert
• Ethnicity: American
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: 15-30 minutes

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup baking cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Add eggs, milk, oil, water and vanilla extract. Beat until smooth, about 2 minutes. Fill paper-lined muffin cups half full. Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
2. Filling
   1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
   1/4 cup shortening
   2 cups confectioners' sugar
   3 tablespoons milk
   1 teaspoon vanilla extract
   Pinch of salt
   Chocolate frosting
3. In a mixing bowl, combine butter, shortening, confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla extract and salt; beat until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Insert a very small tip into a pastry or plastic bag; fill with cream filling. Push the tip through the bottom of paper liner to fill each cupcake. Frost tops with chocolate frosting.
4. Yields 3 dozen.