Vanilla Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

I got the urge to learn how to make my own vanilla cupcakes.  Billy Reese, owner of Billy's Bakery NYC, has a fantastic recipe that I used!  The recipe is as follows:

Billy's Vanilla, Vanilla Cupcakes
Ingredients:

Makes about 30 cupcakes
1 3/4 cups cake flour, not self-rising
1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes
4 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325°. Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt; mix on low speed until combined. Add butter, mixing until just coated with flour.

2. In a large glass measuring cup, whisk together eggs, milk, and vanilla. With mixer on medium speed, add wet ingredients in 3 parts, scraping down sides of bowl before each addition; beat until ingredients are incorporated but do not overbeat.

3. Divide batter evenly among liners, filling about two-thirds full. Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 17 to 20 minutes.

4. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat process with remaining batter. Once cupcakes have cooled, use a small offset spatula to frost tops of each cupcake. Decorate with sprinkles, if desired. Serve at room temperature.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces unsalted butter, softened
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer. With the mixer on low speed, add the powdered sugar a cup at a time until smooth and creamy. Beat in the vanilla extract.

For the "W," I melted down some Hershey's Kisses in a double boiler and piped them onto a piece of wax paper.  I put the warm chocolate in a ziploc bag, pushed all the chocolate into one of the bottom corners of the bag and then cut a tiny bit of that corner off.  I made many "W's" and put them in the freezer for about 15 minutes.  I then, picked the best ones to put on the cupcakes!