Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes!

Yay, I got permission to share the cupcake recipes served at Leah's 1st Birthday Party on my blog!  Here are the no longer top secret family recipes my wonderful mom and aunt helped me bake for Leah's special day:   

Mochi Cupcakes

soft, chewy, slightly sweet bites of heaven 

Ingredients

4 eggs

2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 stick of butter melted

1lb (1 bag) glutinous rice flour, sifted

1 can coconut milk plus enough milk to total 3 cups

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Combine dry ingredients first, make a well, then add wet ingredients and mix

Spray mini muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray

Pour batter almost to the top of each cup

Bake for 45 minutes

When cool, dust with powdered sugar

Black Bottom Cupcakes
decadent, moist chocolate cake topped with cream cheese and chocolate chip filling

Ingredients - Mixture #1

1 1/2 cup flour

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup oil

1 cup water

1 Tbsp vinegar

Ingredients - Mixture #2

8 oz cream cheese

1 beaten egg

1/3 cup sugar

1/8 tsp salt

6 oz chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Combine all ingredients for mixture #1 by hand

In another bowl mix ingredients up to salt with an electric beater or stand mixer

Stir in chocolate chips

Fill mini cupcake tins 1/2 full with mixture #1, top with 1 tsp of mixture #2

Bake 20 min then refrigerate until ready to serve

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Directions

Follow box mix :)

Okay, don't give me a hard time...but I did hand make the pinwheel cupcake toppers using double sided card stock (from Michaels), brads, and paper straws (from Etsy).

 I also used a giant cupcake pan and one whole box mix to make Leah's giant cupcake.

And here are the 3 generations of bakers!  The two most special ladies in my life :)