New Years Resolution or Devils food cupcakes

Clearly my New Years resolution is not to cut out sweets and junk food, not even 3 days into the new year and I've already made chocolate devils food cupcakes. I figure I ran 10K on new years eve I can have a cupcake ..... or 12. For those of you who are not familiar with devils food it is the same as angel food cake just chocolate. I like angel or devils food cake for cupcakes because it is lighter and not as dense as a traditional cupcake, so you don't feel as guilty eating them.

Devils food cupcakes
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
6 tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 large egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup water

Preheat the oven to 350F and line a 6 or 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners. Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl and set aside.

Beat the butter in an electric mixer untill smooth, around 2 minutes. Increase the speed and slowly add the sugar until light and smooth.

Decrease the speed and add the eggs one at a time making sure they are completely mixed in before adding the next egg. Add the vanilla and scrape down the sides of the bowl.

Bring the water just to a boil and remove from heat. At low speed slowly add the flour mixture into the butter batter in 4 instalments alternating between flour and water.

Fill the muffin cups 2/3 of the way full and cook for about 20 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool fully before icing them.

Chocolate Icing
1/3 cup of butter
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cocoa powder
1/4 cup milk

In a mixer beat the butter until smooth and add the confectioners sugar, cocoa, vanilla and milk. When mixed ice away.