Cupcaking

So I haven't cooked or baked anything in a long time. Obviously. LOL. I finally found the energy and time to bake some cupcakes, just because I was craving cake. I was originally going to bake some red velvet cupcakes but I couldn't find red velvet cake mix anywhere! WTF?! And then I was too lazy to make it from scratch so I just got chocolate cake mix and dyed it red, cause that's pretty much what red velvet is. Red chocolate cake. LOL.

Chocolate cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting with Ghiradelli Chocolate Shavings (handshaven)

I got the frosting recipe from here. My go-to site when I'm looking for something specific. It was really easy to make, took maybe 10 minutes? Maybe less? It wasn't as sweet as I'd like so I added a little more sugar than the recipe suggests. The cream cheese was very fragrant but the whipping cream definitely softened everything up. I can't wait to try it again, with actual red velvet this time :).

My fascination with red-velvet cupcakes started when I saw an episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay on the Food Network. The recipe was from this bakery/restaurant called Auntie Em's down in LA. It looked freaking delicious, and inevitably one of my stops when I go down there in a couple months. Luckily they put the recipe up on their site. Click. I'll try again when I have time.