Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Buttercream Icing

We had good friends over for coffee and dessert.  I wanted something special, but did not have much time to throw things together.  I decided to make a traditional boxed white cake mix more exciting by adding chocolate chips, vanilla extract and almond extract.  Next time I'll throw in a  little brown sugar to give it more of a cooke flavor!  On top, I added a healthy portion of homemade cream cheese buttercream icing.

Easter Cupcakes

I made these for my daughters class party today.  They are chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing and a fondant topper.

After cutting out all the flowers, I went in and detailed them (all 60 of them).  I did not have a cutter small enough for the leaves, so each one is made by hand with details added in.