For Valentine’s Day my design program held a cookie baking contest. Since I’m not a cookie baker, I made cupcakes. I used the chocolate cupcake recipe with twice the optional coffee added and the buttercream frosting recipe with about a quarter teaspoon raspberry extract. I topped them with fresh raspberries and drizzled them with dark chocolate (1/2 cup dark chocolate chips + 1/8 cup heavy cream melted in the microwave and stirred until smooth). They were super rich, but really great. Bryan Anton said they were the best cupcakes he ever ate. I didn’t place in the contest, possibly because it was a cookie baking contest, but I still think I came out on top.