52 Weeks of Cooking - Week 11 Part 3

Black and White Cupcakes – Preheat oven to 350.

Vanilla Batter:

1 ½ cups self-rising flour

1 ¼ cups AP flour

1 cup butter, soft

2 cups sugar

4 lg. eggs

1 cup milk

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Line two 12 muffin cup pans with liners or spray with pam

Mix flours together in bowl. Set aside.

Cream butter till smooth. Add sugar and beat till fluffy

Add eggs, beating after each one.

Add flour in 3 parts, mixing in between each one.

Add milk and vanilla.

Fill ¾ full and bake 20-25 minutes.



Chocolate Batter:


2 cups AP flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup butter

1 cup white sugar

1 cup firm brown sugar

4 lg. eggs

6 ox unsweet chocolate, melted and cooled to room temp.

1 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla


Line two 12 muffin cup pans with liners.

Sift flour and baking soda.

Cream butter till smooth. Add sugars and beat till fluffy.

Add eggs beating after each one.

Mix in chocolate.

Add flour mixture in 3 parts.

Add vanilla and buttermilk.

Fill ¾ full and bake 20-25 minutes.

For the cupcakes that are half and half, what I did was I made the recipes exactly as above. I made some cupcakes normal and for the ones that are half and half, I spooned part of the batter on one side and filled the cup up the rest of way with the other.