Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes

To be honest, I found the cupcakes a little dry, even though no one else had a problem with them. I'm going to be experimenting with the recipe to see if I can't make it better. The name is also a bit deceptive: these are really just vanilla cupcakes with a sweetened whip-cream frosting and strawberry garnish. The same basic vanilla cupcake recipe occurs throughout the cookbook I used, so I think it's worth tinkering with it.

Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Chocolate Chips and Cream Cheese Frosting

I haven't always been a fan of carrot cake. In fact, I'm still not a fan of most carrot cakes: the one I had at a coffee shop last week was dry and somewhat bland. For reasons that escape me, I decided to make these anyway. Well: yay! They turned out moist and tasty! I'm definitely going to do this again!! The only thing I changed from the recipe is that I replaced the 2 tablespoons of finely chopped walnuts with 2 tablespoons of semi-sweet chocolate chips.