For Mother's Day a few weeks ago, I signed up to make the dessert. I had been leaning towards something light and simple, but I ran across this recipe and thought it was amazing. However, it's a lot of sugar! I didn't think my parents would like it at all, but my whole family surprised my by saying they wanted to try it, so I decided to go for it.

There's nothing like biting into a sweet and soft cupcake after a stressful day. Even though I'm working hard to lose weight (and currently failing), I still can't give up chocolate or cake. Part of me says it's a habit, but the other part of me just says that it's so good it'd be a crime to give it up! These strawberry white chocolate cupcakes fell into the latter category.

And now for my mom's dessert on her birthday. Like I'd mentioned, for my mom's birthday a few weeks ago, I made spinach and cheese stuffed shells for lunch, and a red velvet white chocolate cheesecake for dessert. I barely finished both before the Seahawks started against the Packers (it was a great birthday). Not only did the pasta turn out great, but this dessert was absolutely delicious. Even though there's a lot of steps and it looks like it may be a bit complicated, it really wasn't. Granted, I somehow managed to forget about the white chocolate chips in the microwave and ended up burning the first batch, but overall it was pretty great! This original recipe is also from Culinary Couture Blog, although I may have edited a few of the quantities to my liking and simplicity of ingredients.