DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BROWNIES:

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for pan
• 6 ounces coarsely chopped good-quality semisweet chocolate
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process)
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a buttered 8-inch square baking pan with foil or parchment paper, allowing 2 inches to hang over sides. Butter lining (excluding overhang); set pan aside.
   
2. Put butter, chocolate, and cocoa in a heatproof medium bowl set over a pan of simmering water; stir until butter and chocolate are melted. Let cool slightly.
   
3. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl; set aside.
   
4. Put sugar, eggs, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, and beat on medium speed until pale, about 4 minutes. Add chocolate mixture; beat until combined. Add flour mixture; beat, scraping down sides of bowl, until well incorporated.
   
5. Pour batter into prepared pan; smooth top with a rubber spatula. Bake until a cake tester inserted into brownies (avoid center and edges) comes out with a few crumbs but is not wet, about 35 minutes. Let cool slightly in pan, about 15 minutes. Lift out brownies; let cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into squares

Wellll, the cupcakes turned out really nice :') Instead of making the vanilla cream cheese icing, I added banana extract which was a nice touch. I made about 50 cupakes and frosted them and sprinkled them. It took a long time but it was worth it.

Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients

• 2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup(s) unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2teaspoon(s) baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
• 1 cup(s) sugar
• 1 cup(s) mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
• 1 cup(s) cold water

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Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
2. In a small bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat sugar, mayonnaise, and vanilla extract until combined. Beat in flour mixture in thirds, alternating with water, until blended. Beat 1 minute, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
4. Bake 22 to 24 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in cupcakes comes out clean. Let cool in pan 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely. Top with frosting.

Frosting
Ingredients

• 1/2 cup(s) (1 stick) butter (no substitutions), softened
• 1 package(s) (8-ounce) cream cheese, softened
• 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
• 1 package(s) (16-ounce) confectioners' sugar

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Directions

1. In large bowl, with mixer at medium-high speed, beat butter, cream cheese, and vanilla 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Beat in confectioners' sugar until blended. Increase speed to medium-high; beat 2 minutes or until light and creamy.

Day One: I tried to make a yellow cake from a box but I couldn't quite master it. I may have tried 3 times and failed but that's okay.  I'm going to try again and this time I will try from scratch with some help from the professional baker Audrey Hunt.

Hey, I like to bake and I am going to blog about baking in the near future.