Chocolate Pudding Cupcake

Ingredients:

Ø  1 box Yellow cake mix

Ø  1 box chocolate instant pudding, small box

Ø  1 cup hot water

Ø  ¾ cup oil

Ø  4 eggs

Cream Cheese Frosting:

Ø  2 (8oz) packages cream cheese, softened

Ø 1/2 cup butter, softened, (1 stick)

Ø  2 cups powder sugar

Ø  1 tsp. vanilla extract

Ø  1 tsp. lemon juice

Directions:

·         Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the wells of two cupcake pans with 24 paper liners.

·         In a large bowl, mix the cake mix, pudding, water, oil and eggs with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes. Evenly divide the batter between the prepared cupcake liners.

·         Bake 16-20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Remove from pans, and completely cool on racks.

·         To make foresting in a small bowl, mix cream cheese, butter and powder sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Then, add vanilla extract and lemon juice. Blend thoroughly until creamy. Frost the cakes.

Servings: 24