18th Oct: National Chocolate Cupcake Day

National Chocolate Cupcake Day on October 18th annually celebrates the sweetness of small chocolate cakes. With a dollop of frosting, one sweet serving satisfying chocolate and dessert lovers!

Cupcakes have also been known to be called:

• Fairy Cakes
• Patty Cakes
• Cup Cakes

Bakers initially baked their cupcakes in heavy pottery cups. Today, some still use individual ramekins, small coffee mugs, large teacups, or other small ovenproof pottery-type dishes for baking their cupcakes.

Chocolate cupcakes come in a variety of flavors, too. Of course, there’s always the standard chocolate cupcake

• Chocolate caramel cupcakes satisfy that extra cry for sweetness.
• Peanut butter chocolate cupcakes are the snackers delight.
• Get devilishly good cupcakes with Devil’s Food.
• Cool things off a bit with chocolate mint recipes, too.
• And you can’t forget chocolate orange cupcakes. Citrus brightens the flavor of any chocolate recipe.