One more recipe to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day…

The kids and I made these last night to have a “treat” for St. Patty’s Day… after dinner of course 😉  I hope everyone has a great day today…

Don’t forget to wear GREEN!!!

St. Patty’s Day Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes:

2 2/3 cups flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 TBLS + 1 tsp baking powder, 1 1/2 cups baking cocoa, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 cup softened butter, 3 cups sugar, 4 eggs, 1 1/2 tsp vanilla, 2 cups milk

Filling:

8 0z softened cream cheese, 1/3 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup mini chocolate chips, green food coloring

Butter Cream Frosting:

1 cups softened butter, 4 cups sifted powdered sugar, 2 tsp vanilla, 2-3 TBLS heavy cream or milk, green food coloring

Pre-Heat the oven to 350 degrees

Let’s get started on the Cupcake Batter…

Next is the filling for the Cupcakes…

Get out your cupcake pans and liners… Here’s the next steps…

Time to make the Butter Cream Frosting…

Allow your Cupcakes to completely cool before frosting…