Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

This month we made delicious chocolate cupcakes with the most divine frosting we have ever made.  The frosting was really thick, like fudge, but still had a creamy texture.  It also wasn’t sugary sweet like a lot of store bought frosting is.  Here is the recipe:

1 cup softened butter

4 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar

1 ¼ cups baking (unsweetened) cocoa

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ cup milk

To make the cupcakes more interesting, we filled them with store bought cherry pie filling.  For a decorative touch we also topped them with a cherry from the filling.

Banana Chocolate Cupcakes

For our June cupcakes we made miniature chocolate cupcakes topped with a banana frosting.  We decided to go simple with the decorations and just add chocolate sprinkles.  Here is the recipe for the frosting:

Stir ½ a cup of butter with one medium sized banana and blend until it’s a smooth consistency.  Then, add 3 cups of powdered sugar, one cup at a time and ½ a teaspoon of vanilla.  Mix until smooth.

The frosting was delicious and was perfect with the chocolate cupcakes, but we would have liked it to be a bit thicker.  We suggest adding more powdered sugar or refrigerating it before piping it on. 

It was the first time we had made mini cupcakes and they were so cute!  They are the perfect little snack.