Red Velvet Cheesecake Cups

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour (5 oz)
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 
• 2 teaspoons natural cocoa powder unsweetened
• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 1 large eggs 
• 0.7 cup granulated sugar 
• 1 tablespoon food coloring red
• 3 tablespoons cup heavy whipping cream sour
• 0.8 teaspoons vanilla 
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil 
• 0.3  plus 

Equipment

• oven
• mixing bowl
• wire rack
• muffin liners

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 8 muffin cups with paper liners.Prepare filling first. With a mixing spoon, beat together softened cream cheese and sugar.
2. Add egg and vanilla and stir until smooth. Set aside.In a mixing bowl, thoroughly stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.In a second mixing bowl, stir together oil, sugar, vinegar, egg, red food coloring, vanilla and sour cream.
3. Mix very well, then add flour mixture and stir just until blended.Measure out approximately 1/3 cup red mixture and set aside. Divide remaining red mixture among the 8 muffin cups – each cup should be a little over 1/3 of the way full. Spoon cream cheese mixture over red mixture, dividing evenly between all cups. Drop small spoonfuls of reserved red batter on top of cream cheese mixture, making a bulls-eye pattern.
4. Bake for 20-23 minutes.
5. Let cool on a wire rack. Carefully remove lift muffins from cups.Best serve slightly chilled