Yellow Cupcakes with Sticky Chocolate Icing

i gave in to the cupcake trend. i know, i know. sorry it's a terrible picture (taken with my phone) but these cupcakes turned out so yummy. i made them for my boss' birthday and they were a hit with everyone. but then it doesn't take much to make guys happy :)

muffins
2 cups flour
2 t. baking powder
3/4 t. salt
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
2 t. vanilla
3/4 cup milk

preheat oven to 350. sift flour, baking powder, and salt. (or don't - who sifts anything these days?! they turned out fine without sifting) with an electric mixer, mix butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy. scrape sides of bowl and mix a few more seconds. add eggs, one at time, mixing well after each addition. add vanilla and mix well. alternate adding dry ingredients and milk to the butter/egg/sugar mixture. mix well.

fill muffin tins 3/4 full with batter. bake 20-22 minutes, or until poufy, but not brown. cool before icing.

sticky icing
3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
6 ounces semisweet chocolate
2 T. butter

mix ingredients in small saucepan. melt ingredients over low/medium heat, stirring gently. the icing is ready when everything is melted.

spoon warm icing over cupcakes, stopping to stir in icing about every 3rd cupcake.

optional: sprinkle with mini m & ms for even more chocolatey goodness.

recipe found here.