-COCONUT FILLING-
8 oz Cream cheese; softened
1/3 c Sugar
1 Egg
1/2 ts Almond extract
1/8 ts Salt
1 c Mounds Sweetened Coconut
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CUPCAKE BATTER
3 c All-purpose flour
2 c Sugar
2/3 c Hershey’s Cocoa
2 ts Baking soda
1 ts Salt
2 c Water
2/3 c Vegetable oil
2 tb White vinegar
2 ts Vanilla extract
Prepare COCONUT FILLING (below). Heat oven to 350?F. Line muffin cups
(2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups. In large bowl, stir
together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add water, oil,
vinegar and vanilla; beat on medium speed of electric mixer 2
minutes. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Spoon 1 level
tablespoon FILLING into center of each cupcake. Bake 20 to 25 minutes
or until wooden pick inserted in cake portion comes out clean. Remove
from pan to wire rack. Cool completely. About 2-1/2 dozen cupcakes.
COCONUT FILLING: In small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, almond
extract and salt until smooth and creamy. Stir in coconut.
[Hershey’s is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation.]
[Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.]
Meal-
Yields
30 Cupcakes