Chocolate Cake with Surprise Filling Recipe

Chocolate Cake Ingredients

2 cups Sugar
1 Stick margarine [see PS at -end] 6 tablespoons Cocoa
3 Eggs, separated
1 cup Buttermilk (1 cup milk+1 tsp vinegar mixed together may be substituted here)
2 1/2 cups Flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla
1/2 cups Hot water
1 1/2 teaspoons Baking soda

Chocolate Cake Directions

1. Blend sugar and margarine; add cocoa and egg yolks.

2. Alternately add buttermilk and flour.

3. Beat egg whites, add vanilla and blend into mixture.

4a. Pour into a greased and floured 13×9-inch baking pan -OR
4b. Pour into two 8″ or 9″ diamter cake pans lined with wax paper.

Surprise Filling Ingredients

8 oz (1 pckg) cream cheese, softened
0.5 cups sugar
1 egg
1 dash salt
0.5 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Surprise Filling Directions

1. Blend cream cheese, sugar, egg and salt.

2. Stir in chocolate chips.

3. Drop by teaspoonfuls over cake batter in pan.

4. Bake at 350 F for 30-40 minutes.

Cake is done when it leaves side of the pan.
To make cupcakes, fill paper baking cups 2/3 full with batter, then drop 1 teaspoon Surprise Filling on top of each.
Bake at 350 F for 25-30 minutes.
Makes 30-32 cupcakes.