Click, Eat, Run; Repeat: Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes With The BEST Cream Cheese Icing

Yesterday I was in a baking mood. Sure, I had some things to return to the store, some clothes to drop off at the consignment shop and my tax form to fill out and return (for my photography business), BUT, I did make it to the gym, so why not counteract that small bit of productivity with some good ole chocolate cupcakes?!
I love searching the internet for new recipes. I was in the mood to make cupcakes and I wanted to make them from scratch. I checked the pantry to see what ingredients I had on hand and found I was stocked up on ingredients to make this chocolate cupcake recipe. I tried the frosting recipe that is included on that page and I didn't like it so much. It was REALLY sweet and didn't have a good consistency. So I searched some more for a better frosting recipe and came across a cream cheese frosting recipe, let me just stop here a second and say, MY OH MY, this is frosting heaven!!! It took a lot of self control to not eat this frosting by the spoonful, it is THAT good!
Anyway, the chocolate cupcakes came out super moist, almost like a devil's food cake; paired with this cream cheese frosting and topped with chocolate shavings and toffee bits, this is the perfect cupcake! Whose birthday is next?? I'm ready to bake some more of these bad boys!

I hope you enjoy! Try them out, they are super easy and very delicious! Don't have a piping bag or tip? Just use a Ziploc and cut one corner at an angle and now you can frost the cupcakes with a more professional look :) (That is how I frosted mine)

Here are the links to the recipes:

Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes:

http://www.fortheloveofcooking.net/2010/12/super-moist-chocolate-cupcake-with.html

The Best Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe:

http://www.slashfood.com/2007/10/24/last-cream-cheese-frosting/

Here's my documentation; my little baking buddy loved being the taste tester!

Hmmm...

I think he approves!

How in the word he got the batter on his legs and socks, I have no idea!

This is what happened when I put the icing away...

But then he got the beater and was happy again

Icing on the left-VERY sweet buttercream, icing on the right-DELICIOUS cream cheese...as you can see the cream cheese is a better consistency too

Again, left is buttercream; right is cream cheese. I'm no cupcake expert, but pretty sure the right looks better then the left (I used the same method to ice them)