Mini Marble Cupcakes

• 1 1/4 cups cake flour, sifted
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup boiling water

1. Preheat oven to 350. Line muffin tins with paper liners.
2. Sift together flour, salt and baking power. Combine milk and cream.
3. In an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated. Beat in vanilla. Add in flour mixture in 3 bathes, alternating with two additions of milk/cream mixture and beating until combined.
4. For chocolate batter, measure out 1 cup batter, and transfer to another bowl. Combine cocoa and boiling water into the bowl. Stir into 1 cup of reserved batter.
5. Fill cupcake tins with alternating spoonfuls of vanilla and chocolate batter, filling each 3/4 full. Run the tip of a knife through the batter in figure eight motions to make swirls. (I used a toothpick.)
6. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool completely.
7. When finished, dust with powdered sugar or top with frosting

cake flour, baking powder, salt, milk, heavy cream, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, cocoa powder, boiling water

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/mini-marble-cupcakes-50179476 (may not work)