Mini Cheesecakes and Black Forest Cupcakes

Mini Cheesecakes

(2) 8 oz cream cheese (soft)

1/2 c. sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

Nilla Wafers

Add cupcake liners to cupcake pan. Place 1 Nilla wafer in each cupcake liner. Mix cream cheese until smooth, add sugar and vanilla, mix until incorporated. Add eggs and mix. Spoon mixture into each cupcake liner about 1/2 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Cool and refrigerate. Top with any type of berry pie filling, chocolate, carmel the possibilities are endless.

Black Forest Cupcakes

Devil's Food Cake (homemade or from a box)

Cherry Pie Filling

Cream Cheese or Whip Cream Icing

Chocolate Pudding (optional)

Prepare cupcakes with devil's food cake. Once cupcakes have cooled cut a circle in the top angling the point of the knife toward the center of the cupcake. Pull out the "cone" of cake you just cut and cut the point of the "cone" leaving only a "lid" of cupcake. Fill the center of the cupcake with cherry pie filling and chocolate pudding (a small portion of each) and put the "lid" of the cupcake back on. Frost the top of the cupcake with icing.