Recipe - Black Bottom Cheesecake Cups (Lofat)

1 One half cup Allpurpose flour
Three fourths cup Sugar
1/3 cup Unsweetened cocoa
1 tablespoon Instant espresso granules
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
1 cup Water
1/3 cup Prune butter (information
and recipe follow)
1 tablespoon White vinegar
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 pack (8oz) nonfat cream cheese;
softened
One half cup Sifted powdered sugar
1 Egg
Vegetable cooking spray
One half cup Semisweet chocolate morsels
One fourth cup Chopped almonds

PRUNE BUTTER
1/3 cup Pitted prunes
1 teaspoon Sugar
2 teaspoon Lightcolored corn syrup
2 tablespoon Water

From: Katie_Nunes@brookline.mec.edu (Katie Nunes)

Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 02:38:36 GMT
Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl. Combine water, prune butter,
vinegar, and vanilla; stir well. Add to dry ingredients, stirring with a
wire whisk until blended; set chocolate batter aside.

Beat cream cheese in a bowl at medium speed of a mixer until smooth. Add
powdered sugar and egg, and beat until wellblended; set cream cheese
mixture aside.

Place 18 paper muffin cup liners in muffin cups; coat liners with cooking
spray. Divide chocolate batter evenly among cups; spoon cream cheese
mixture evenly on top of chocolate batter in each cup. Sprinkle chocolate
morsels and almonds over cream cheese mixture. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes
or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans
5 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire
rack. Yield: 1One half dozen (serving size: 1 cheesecake cup),

Calories 151 (21% from fat); Protein 4.2 g; Fat 3.5g (sat. 1.3g. mono 1.3g,
poly 0.3g.); Carb 26.1g; Fiber 0.7 g; Chol 14 mg.; Iron 1 mg., Sodium 192
mg.; Calc 50 mg.

Cooking Light says they "used Lekvar Prune Butter, which may be found with
jams and jellies in supermarkets and is also available from Sokol and
Company, 5315 Dansher Rd., Countryside, IL 60525; 7084828250" or they
gave the following recipe:

PRUNE BUTTER: Combine 1/3 c. pitted prunes, 1 t. sugar, and 2 t.
lightcolored corn syrup in a food processor; process 5 seconds. With
processor on, slowly add 2 T water through food chute; process until
mixture is smooth, scraping sides of bowl frequently.

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