NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE DAY

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

#ChocolateCupcakeDay

Cupcakes can be traced back to 1796 when a recipe notation of "a cake to be baked in small cups" was written in American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons. The earliest known documentation of the term cupcake was in 1828 in Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats in Eliza Leslie's Receipts cookbook.

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Bakers initially baked their cupcakes in heavy pottery cups. However, bakers today use a plethora of tools at their fingertips. Some still use individual ramekins, small coffee mugs, large teacups, or other small oven proof pottery-type dishes for baking their cupcakes. Of course, the most common cupcake tool is the muffin or cupcake pan. This handy tool includes multiple cups in one device.

Cupcakes have also been called:

Fairy Cakes

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Patty Cakes
Cup Cakes (different from Cupcakes (one-word))

Chocolate cupcakes come in a variety of flavors, too. Of course, there's always the standard chocolate cupcake. But why stop there on a holiday?

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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.

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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.

HOW TO OBSERVE CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE DAY

Celebrate by trying one of the following tempting recipes while watching an episode of the Food Network reality-based competition show, Cupcake Wars. Remember to invite friends or family over to share. That's how we like to #CelebrateEveryDay!

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Use #ChocolateCupcakeDay to post on social media.