Pretty pink frosting is the perfect finishing touch for chocolate-and-vanilla cupcakes.
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line 2 (12-cup) muffin pans with paper liners; set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, and sugar. Beat at high speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, sift together cake flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
- Divide batter in half, and beat cocoa powder into half of batter. Spoon chocolate batter into muffin cups, filling about one-third full. Spoon vanilla batter evenly over chocolate batter, filling about two-thirds full. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean; cool completely. Pipe Strawberry Frosting on top of cupcakes.
Ingredients
Method
- In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese and butter. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add strawberry jam and strawberry extract, beating until smooth. Beat in whipped topping and confectioners’ sugar.
