Pink and Green cupcakes

So I made these with my standard vanilla cake recipe but I realised that I had forgotten to pick up any soft cheese to make the cream cheese frosting.

Instead of heading all the way to the supermarket I just popped across the road to the international supermarket that is opposite my apartment. There I bought some European cream cheese, I'm not sure of the brand but it was not expensive.

Once I opened it up I found it was crumbly, not cream-y like the Philadelphia brand that I normally use which was a little weird. When I whisked it with the unsalted butter and icing sugar however, it came up so fluffy! It did take a while to whisk out the crumbliness but it ended it up to be the perfect texture. It was great to pipe out, it held its shape and wasn't runny at all.

The only slight downside that I found was that the frosting was a little more bitter tasting than I like - I like it really sweet!

So, I would recommend trying out as many different cream / soft cheeses as you can!

I then decorated with a mix of green and pink sprinkles including using some sprinkles that my Mum had picked up for me whilst she was in Berlin a couple of weeks ago.

I'm not sure why I haven't tried this colour combo before - green and pink is my fave! The only thing that would make them better is if they had my initials, or even my full name on the cupcakes - oh, wait a minute...