recipe: chocolate cupcakes & cream cheese frosting

As requested, here's my cupcake recipe.  It's a mixture of me, Emeril, and Ina Garten.  Tom and I ate countless dozens of these during the first few months of Dolly's life.  I highly recommend them for sleep deprivation.  Make sure you use baking soda instead of baking powder, though, or you'll end up with chocolate bricks.  And don't forget the sugar because you'll have to chuck those, too.  These are mistakes that happen when your baby eats your brain...    

Cupcakes:

1 1/2 cups flour (or use whole-wheat pastry flour for the "healthy" version)

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted

3/4 cup sugar (you can get away with even 1/2 cup, imo)

1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

1 large egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup, heaping, plain nonfat yogurt

1/2 cup hot coffee (or hot water), added last 

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place rack in the center position.  Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper cups.  Combine all ingredients, adding the hot water or coffee last.  Bake for 20-25 minutes until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. 

Frosting:

1 8-oz package cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup powdered sugar (or less, to taste)

a few tbsp peanut butter (optional, but awesome)

Directions: Cream together the cream cheese and butter.  Mix in the vanilla, powdered sugar, (and optional peanut butter) until well combined.