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Believed to have originated in the 19th century US, the dainty individual-sized cakes are thought to have been named for cup portions, be it the simple "cups" of the pans they're baked in, or their baking procedure: While cake ingredients were first measured by weight, cupcakes relied upon the use of measurements in terms of cups.
Surely, chocolate cupcakes need no introduction, especially after they've been the top recent saccharine trend nationwide. But if you're looking for a new recipe, look no further: We've collected some of the more exciting ideas from the Slashfood Flickr pool.
- Mint-chocolate cupcakes
- Chocolate malted cupcakes
- Peanut-butter chocolate chip cupcakes
- Chocolate cupcakes with banana-coconut frosting
- Chocolate cupcakes with lavendar chantilly
- Dark chocolate Azteca cupcakes with cinnamon buttercream
- Chocolate cherry stout cupcakes
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At one point I was going to actually do a little experiment and actually eat all of the foods on each day of these national food days and write about my eating. But I'm trying to eat better and exercise these days, so events like today's National Chocolate Cupcake Day would just destroy me.
