Valentine Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for two gatherings. The first was for Family Day. We had some of the Coles gang over. It was a little more subdued then our get together last year where we had a big competition of Minute to Win It games. We did end up playing Bounce It, Jenga and SPOONS. Boy are we a competitive bunch.

We also really like our desserts! I made these chocolate cupcakes with a raspberry/strawberry buttercream icing. The fruit gave the icing a really pretty pink colour.

The 2nd gathering was at work. Our whole team had to do a major presentation and to celebrate finishing it I brought in the cupcakes. Fortunately on Monday night (Family Day) we drove my cousins back downtown and were able to drop off the cupcakes at work so I didn't have to lug them on the subway in the morning!

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