Black-bottom cupcakes - Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Ingredients

• 500g cream cheese, chopped, softened
• 250g caster sugar
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1½ cups plain flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1/8 tsp fine salt
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tsp white vinegar
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 100g icing sugar mixture,
• Silver cachous, to decorate
• Dark chocolate curls, to decorate