Strawberry-Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix with pudding
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1 (12 ounce) package whipped cream cheese
• 1/4 cup strawberry preserves
• 1 (16 ounce) container whipped cream cheese frosting
• 12 strawberries, sliced

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
3. Stir chocolate cake mix, sour cream, vegetable oil, water, and eggs together in a large bowl.
4. Pour cake batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.
5. Place a small spoonful of whipped cream cheese in each muffin cup.
6. Stir strawberry preserves in a bowl until smooth; spoon about 1/4 teaspoon per cupcake over cream cheese.
7. Gently press strawberry preserves and cream cheese into the cake batter with a spoon.
8. Bake in preheated oven until cupcake tops spring back when lightly touched, 18 to 20 minutes.
9. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
10. Spread cream cheese frosting over completely cooled cupcakes and garnish with strawberry slices.

chocolate cake, sour cream, vegetable oil, water, eggs, cream cheese, strawberry preserves, cream cheese, strawberries

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/221258/strawberry-chocolate-cream-cheese-cupcakes/ (may not work)