cupcakes

I made fun cupcakes today! Yeah! They are yummy. I used the recipe for fast fudge cake in Alice Medrich's Chocolate holidays book. The cake is awesome, very moist, chocolatey, and easy to make. I think this will be my fool proof cake recipe from now on. It took me 5 maybe 10 minutes max to make the batter and only 20 minutes to cook the cupcakes. The other cool part is that I had everything to make the cake in the pantry and most people would have it too. Very delicious, almost brownie like but not as heavy. Then I made the frosting, which was another winner. I got the buttercream recipe from the CIA Baking at Home cookbook. I made the regular buttercream and the mocha buttercream. Both of them are very yummy and taste amazing. I love the recipe because you don't have to make a sugar syrup and then add it to the butter while its creaming. I always get a mess that way and nothing edible. This recipe was fast and easy and you cream the butter and then added powdered sugar. It's well worth making and the recipe will also be my standard frosting recipe from now on. Now I need to work on my decorating skills. Yum Yum.