Cupcakes!

On the weekend I went to a friend's birthday celebrations and brought with me cupcakes I had made to use as a birthday cake.
It seems to me it is the easiest way to serve up cake and not make a pile of dishes...besides who doesn't love finger food?

While I was making these little lovelies my icing bag finally gave up the ghost so to speak. One of the last cupcakes I was icing ended up with a blob of icing and the tip off my icing bag . The end split open around the tip...Mom was quite happy for the boo boo as she got to eat the messy one.
I love to cook and bake. If you are looking for a great recipe for chocolate cupcakes and icing look no further!

  Martha Stewart's Cupcake and icing recipes!

INGREDIENTS

• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar

  3 large eggs

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• http://www.marthastewart.com/318804/easy-white-icing
• http://www.marthastewart.com/349971/chocolate-glaze
• I use the vanilla icing recipe and add melted chocolate squares to make the chocolate icing.
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