Today is the 80th birthday of one of our good friends, and golf buddy. She asked me to make cupcakes for the 15 guests coming to her bowling/birthday party. I decided to make cupcakes using my Extreme Chocolate Cake recipe with Italian Meringue frosting, because that combination is my fav. I did ask her what her favorite color is, and pink was among her answer, so I made a bi-color frosting.

My notes in my recipe said the recipe would make 36 cupcakes, but of the 3 different sizes of cakes in the recipe, it didn’t say which one made the 36. I decided to go with the medium size cake (10” round.) Well long story shorter, that made 54 cupcakes. I have since modified the recipe.

The cupcakes are soft and delicious and the meringue isn’t too sweet and pairs nicely.