Cupcakes not Football

Apparently it's football time again... woo hoo (dripping sarcasm)...

I'm not a sports person but I am just about to marry one and we bred one too. So, on an evening like tonight, it appears that, despite all the movies Not-So-Ex rented, I'm stuck listening to them yell and holler. Oy.

It's been a weird kinda day so, to try to improve my mood, I did some baking. And I have a way to get rid of the cupcakes too since we're having a "you're not going anywhere" party for a coworker (he was planning on quitting with tomorrow as his last day and changed his mind... today... LOL).

Anyway, I had one request for Chocolate/Chocolate Chip cupcakes and one for Strawberry. So that's what I made. The strawberry frosting made a ton so I topped some of the chocolate/chocolate chip cupcakes with it and it was really tasty. So I figure these are mix and match recipes, since the frostings will taste good on either cupcake.

So for the cupcake recipes:

Strawberry Cupcakes:

1 3/4 c self-rising flour

8 oz cream cheese (softened)

1 stick butter (softened)

1 1/2 c sugar

3 egg whites

1/4 c pureed strawberries (I put them through a strainer to remove part of the seeds but not all)

1/2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 and put cupcake liners in the cupcake pans.

Mix the cream cheese and butter then add sugar and beat till fluffy. Add egg whites. Add a third of the flour, then half the strawberry puree, then another third of the flour, the other half of the strawberries, and then the rest of the flour. Mix in vanilla.

Fill cupcake liners about 1/2 to 3/4 full and bake for 22 minutes.

Chocolate/Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

1 1/2 c flour

3/4 c cocoa

1 1/2 c sugar

2 eggs

3/4 c buttermilk

3 Tsp oil

vanilla

3/4 c warm water

1 bag mini chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 and put cupcake liners in the cupcake pans.

Mix the flour, cocoa, and sugar together. Then add everything except the hot water and mix till blended. Add the warm water and mix. Then add chocolate chips.

Fill cupcake liners about 1/2 to 3/4 full and bake for 20 minutes.

Strawberry Frosting

1/4 c butter

8 oz cream cheese

3 Tsp strawberry puree

5 c confectioners sugar

Mix em together and put on cooled cupcakes.

Chocolate Frosting

1/2 c butter

1/4 c cocoa

vanilla

3 c confectioners sugar

2 Tsp milk

Melt the butter and add cocoa and vanilla. Then add sugar (gets really thick here) and add milk. Put on cooled cupcakes.