vanilla cupcakes w/ chocolate frosting

ITS CHRISTMAS EVE!!!! ^________^

after days of deciding what to bake for christmas, i came to a conclusion of martha stewart's vanilla cupcakes with crabapple's chocolate frosting :] it was my first attempt for the icing .. as i usually don't TRY to do icing! hahahha!! i couldn't get my hands on a bigger nozzle for my piping bag, so i had to manually do the frosting on the cupcakes =| as you can see, they are not PERFECT ok! hahaha!!

they turned out pretty tasty ^_________^ so im happy!! heehee!! i used max-brennr chocolate powder to give it that extra taste!! yay! ;]

so heres the little process:

cupcake recipe:

• 3 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 8 large egg whites

chocolate frosting:

• 8 cups icing sugar
• 1 cup cocoa (or other desired)
  
• 200g softened butter
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  

yayyyyy~ all done :] enjoy!!!

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^____________^

some baking yonkers ago ..

i can't believe i can't find my old pictures!! =(
but luckily i still found these, they are my non-fail easter sugar cookies :] heehee!! the icing took me ages, and of course they are not perfect ok!! hahaha! i'll have to search my books for the recipe again ;]