Cream filled Chocolate Cupcakes

Okay, so I cheated and used a cake mix in this recipe, but it's the frosting and the cream filling that really make this cupcake!

Ingredients:
24 chocolate cupcakes, prepared according to directions, cooled completely
****Cream filling****
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup shortening
2 cups powdered sugar
pinch salt
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
****Chocolate butter cream frosting****
3 to 3 1/4 cups powdered sugar
2 squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk

Directions:

• Combine butter and shortening and beat smooth. Add confectioner's sugar and salt. Gradually beat in milk and vanilla until light and flufffy.
• Using an apple corer, remove a plug of cake from the center of each cupcake. Set plug aside. Using a pastry bag and tip, pipe filling into the center of cupcake. Replace plug.
• Combine butter, sugar, chocolate and salt for frosting. Gradually add in milk and vanilla until creamy.
• Frost cupcakes.

Servings: 24