I haad a dreaam...

And a really weird one too!! The night before I was looking up cupcake recipes to bake the next day. I fell asleep unsatisfied and exhausted, and had the strangest dream where I was baking this concoction..it was not really a cupcake or a brownie..kinda a mixture of both, I think it was just my sub-consciousness working in overdrive...but I decided to try it out! HAHA

I went online and found a somewhat similar recipe to what I remembered from my dream and followed it. The strange thing is this recipe didn't have any butter in it, I think that kinda affected the texture of my cakes, which honestly speaking have the strangest texture I have ever come across. However the taste is really good..So...here is the recipe if you are feeling a bit adventurous!

Chocolate cream cheese cupcakes
Makes 24 cupcakes

Cream cheese topping
230g cream cheese
1 egg
65g (1/3cup) sugar
3/4 cup chocolate chips (I used a mixture of chopped dark and semi sweet chocolate)

For the chocolate cake base
1/2 cup flour
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tbsp cider vinegar
1 cup coffee

1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Line muffin tins with paper cups
2. Beat the cream cheese, egg, sugar together till smooth with no lumps. Stir in the chocolate chips and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon of salt together.
4. Add the coffee, oil, vinegar and vanilla and stir with a wooden spoon till well blended.
5. Fill muffin tins 1/3 full with the batter and add a layer of cream cheese mixture on top.
   
6. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30
   

So I discovered that it had a really strange chewy texture when it first comes out of the oven but after leaving it in the fridge for a day (covered) the texture improved greatly and the lovely chocolate-y flavour coupled with the cream cheese becomes more prominent. =)

This is the recipe I based it on (they call it black bottom cupcakes...interesting name..)
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Black-Bottom-Cupcakes-I/Detail.aspx

Unfortunately I forgot about my second batch and accidentally left it in the oven for an hour.
The end result:Looks kinda like chocolate cupcakes don't you think? It tasted incredibly awful though =(
I stupidly tried...

Note to self: no more eating burnt cupcakes