Milk Chocolate Cupcakes

These chocolate cupcakes are topped with an incredibly delicious milk chocolate frosting. It is soft, not suitable for piping borders and swirls, but it is so yummy, it's worth making, and beautifully shiny and luscious looking. It tastes like pure melted milk chocolate, so be sure to choose a very high quality brand that you enjoy the flavor of. I recommend Guittard milk chocolate chips.

2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, soft

1 cup powdered sugar

3/4 cup cocoa powder

pinch salt

3/4 cup corn syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla

8 ounces milk chocolate, (recommended: guittard milk chocolate chips) melted and cooled to less than 100 degrees

Place butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in your food processor and process 20 seconds until smooth. Add corn syrup and vanilla and process 20 seconds more. Add cooled melted chocolate and process 10 seconds. Will frost a standard 9-inch layer cake or 24 cupcakes.