Breast Cancer Cupcakes

My friend ran in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure this past weekend.  She asked me to supply a dozen cupcakes for the team.  Her only requirement was that they had to be pink.  I was more than happy to oblige.  Not only do I love making cupcakes, I also enjoy supporting a good cause.  This is my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe. 

Chocolate Cupcakes

• 1 and 2/3 cup sugar
• ¾ cup butter - softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1 and ¼ cup all purpose flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa powder
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 and ½ cup milk
• Cream sugar and butter.  Add eggs and vanilla.  In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients.  Alternate adding dry and milk starting and ending with milk.  Stir to combine.  Bake 350°F for 18 – 20 min. Makes 24 - 30 cupcakes.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

• 8 oz (1 package) of Cream Cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) of Butter, softened
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 3 Tbs Strawberry puree
• 2 Tbs Heavy Cream
• 7-8 cups of Powdered Sugar
• Mix the Cream Cheese, Butter, Vanilla, and Strawberry puree together.  Add 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time and mix it in.  Add Heavy Cream as needed for consistency.  
• I find it really hard to flavor cream cheese, since cream cheese is such a strong flavor in an of itself.  To make the strawberry really stand out I boiled down 1 cup of strawberry puree with 1/4 a cup of sugar until it was reduced to about 1/3 cup of a thick syrupy paste, then added it.

I wanted these to scream "Breast Cancer Cupcakes" and not just pink cupcakes so I made some pink fondant ribbons for them.

Then, as if I did not have enough pink, I added pink sprinkles.

Now I have my Pink Breast Cancer Cupcakes that is more than just pink cupcakes.

I ended up with 30 cupcakes.  I brought a dozen for the race and another dozen to share at work.

Enjoy.

Destroy Breast Cancer.  It sucks.