{cupakes}

vanilla cupcake recipe source: Joy of Baking
chocolate cupcake recipe source: Joy of Baking
My best friend is getting married! In honor of that special occasion I threw her a party to celebrate with all our friends. She loves chocolate and vanilla cupcakes so I searched online for the perfect recipes. Joy of Baking had some good looking options for a chocolate cupcake and a vanilla cupcake that I decided to use.

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Everything was very easy to put together and came out delicious. The chocolate cupcakes puffed up very nicely. The vanilla ones, not so much. For some reason they sunk a little in the middle. Can't figure out why, but they still tasted fine. I used the buttercream frosting recipe that went along with the vanilla cake recipe. For the chocolate one I chose to do a chocolate cream cheese frosting.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

recipe source: Cupcake Project
1 8 oz package cream cheese at room temperature
1/4 C butter (1/2 stick) at room temperature
4 C sifted powdered sugar (You can decrease this amount if you don't care about it being as stiff for piping)
1/2 C cocoa powder

Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy.

Mix in powdered sugar, one cup at a time.

Mix in cocoa powder.