operation cupcake

so normally i only post about places i've eaten out, but why not branch out to occasionally include delicious things that i've made? tonight marks an important baking milestone: my first from-scratch cake since the carrot cakes i used to make with my mom. i know, i know, i bake everything else from scratch (brownies, muffins, cheesecake, pies, biscuits, cheesepuffs . . . ), but i've never experimented with cake. so, behold:

my first batch of homemade cupcakes, mini lemon cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting. (cream cheese frosting edged out buttercream because then it's an appropriate breakfast food.)