Magnolia's Vanilla Cupcakes

In my family we have several birthdays that fall in the month of November (including mine, which happens to be today!) Saturday night we got together to celebrate and I decided to make cupcakes. When Jared went to New York earlier this year, he brought home some cupcakes from the Magnolia Bakery. I know, what a guy, right?!?!! Those cupcakes were like none I had ever tasted in my entire life. The buttercream frosting is really the pièce de résistance. It's enough to convert even those who claim to "not be into sweets" (my mom) into firm believers.

I was surprised to find the recipe on foodnetwork.com after I searched and discovered that the Magnolia cookbook was already checked out of my local library. Although I have never been to the bakery myself, I feel confident that the cupcakes I baked the other day were very similiar if not "spot on" to the ones Jared brought home from his trip. And despite being very specific, I felt the recipe was easy to follow. Now that I've made cupcakes from "scratch" I have a feeling that I will never buy a box of Betty Crocker again.

It's all in the wrist!

Yum!