Chocolate Cupcakes

1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup oil
1 cup hot water
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
(Filling) 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
(Filling) 1/2 cup sugar
(Filling) 1 tsp vanilla extract

Makes ~14 cupcakes.

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Place cupcake liners in cupcake baking dish
Mix all dry ingredients for the cupcake batter
Add the wet ingredients and mix thoroughly
In a separate bowl, mix the filling ingredients marked "(Filling)"
Add a small layer of cupcake batter to the bottom of each cupcake wrapper
Spoon filling on top of the batter layer
Cover the filling for each cupcake with another layer of cupcake batter
Bake for 25 minutes