Valentine's Day Chocolate Cupcakes

     As Valentine's Day is tomorrow I thought that even though last week I made red velvet cupcakes in honor of the holiday, some more baked goods wouldn't hurt...Well anything more than the waist line. Seeing as chocolate is a token goodie for Valentine's Day, what better to make than chocolate cupcakes! I found this simple recipe online through a population recipe site of allrecipes.com, I enjoy using recipes off this site as they also provide nutritional information. The recipe is as follows:
Ingredients
1 1/3 Cups all purpose flour
1/4 Teaspoons baking soda
2 Teaspoons baking powder
3/4 Cups unsweetened cocoa powder
1/8 Teaspoons salt
3 Tablespoons butter
1 1/2 Cups white sugar
2 eggs
3/4 Teaspoons vanilla extract
1 Cup milk

Directions
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line/grease muffin pan.
2) Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside.
3) In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs followed by vanilla extract. Add flour mixture alternatively with milk; beat well.
4) Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
5) Bake for roughly 15 minutes, allow to cool and frost.
6) Enjoy!

Once the cupcakes had cooled off, I proceeded to frost them using as basic frosting recipe that contains of 2 cups of powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons of butter, 2 tablespoons of milk and 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla extract. I split this up into two bowls, one was to remain white and the other I added a small amount of red food colouring to make pink, then topped with sprinkles as everything is better with sprinkles on it. This is a very simple recipe for all to enjoy!


http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-cupcakes/