Mocha Frappucino Cupcakes

My cousin requested this flavor mix. I was quite pleased with the flavor! The espresso isn't too strong but just enough that it tastes like mocha.

This is a mini cupcake, one of my sampler sets from the previous post. This of course can be made into a standard cupcake, as I'll be doing for Kim in a few weeks.

The Mocha Frapp has a chocolate cake infused with espresso, a vanilla buttercreme with espresso infused to give it a mocha flavor and then drizzled with dark chocolate sauce. I actually have or rather had (think I ate it) espresso sauce. Something for ice cream I think. But it has gone away and I think made it's way into one too many bowls of vanilla ice cream.....

Side note: I love the 1M tip on the minis! After the debacle with my previous 1M tip, where it met its maker in the garbage disposal (not sure how that happened), I bought 5 more 1 M tips! YAY!

Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

When it comes to a carrot cake recipe, I turn to one person. Mom. This cupcake is completely her recipe, and despite having to modify it just a bit, it came out wonderful and tasting just like mom's cake. Of course the base is carrot cake and the frosting, because it's not buttercreme, is real cream cheese. It was so yummy I just had to eat two. One to test the taste of the cake, the other to test the taste of the frosting. I think I need to test one more.........