Cook the Book: Black Bottom Cupcakes

Recipes

Posted by The Serious Eats Team, February 14, 2008 at 3:30 PM

This week, in honor of Valentine's Day, we've put together a list of our favorite books on chocolate, with one Cook the Book recipe a day adapted from each volume. Today's addition to our "Chocolate Lover's Library" is one that many of you may be familiar with, especially if you read food blogs as much as we do. The Great Book of Chocolate by chocolate expert David Lebovitz, a Paris-based food writer and blogger extraordinaire.

This recipe makes a dozen Black Bottom Cupcakes, so called because the bottom and sides are rich chocolate cake while the centers are filled with a cream cheese filling studded with chocolate chunks, creating a visually appealing two-tone cake that needs no icing.

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What is your favorite type of cupcake?

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Black Bottom Cupcakes

- makes 12 -

Adapted fromThe Great Book of Chocolate by David Lebovitz.

Ingredients

For the filling:
8 ounces (225 grams) cream cheese, regular or reduced fat, room temperature
1/3 cup (65 grams) granulated sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
2 ounces (60 grams) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

For the cupcakes:
1 1/2 cups (210 grams) all-purpose flour
1 cup (240 grams) firmly packed light-brown sugar
5 tablespoons (30 grams) natural unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (250 ml) water
1/3 cup (85 ml) unflavored vegetable oil
1 tablespoon white or cider vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Procedure

1. Place a rack at oven center; preheat to 350°F (175°C). Butter a 12-cup muffin tin, or line tin with paper muffin cups.

2. Make the fllling: Beat together the cream cheese, granulated sugar, and egg until smooth. Stir in the chopped chocolate pieces. Set aside.

3. Make the cupcake batter: In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, brown sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together the water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla.

4. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients; stir in wet ingredients, stirring until batter is just smooth. Be careful not to overmix the batter—you'll end up with less-than-tender cupcakes.

5. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Spoon a few tablespoons of the fllling into center of each cupcake, dividing filling evenly as you do. This will fill the cups almost completely, which is fine.

6. Bake 25 minutes or until tops are slightly golden-brown and cupcakes feel springy when gently pressed.

Storage: Cupcakes will keep unrefrigerated, in an airtight container, for 2 to 3 days.

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greenolivemedia at 3:39PM on 02/14/08

Something with buttercream frosting!

jmoilanen at 3:42PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate!

laur_uic at 3:42PM on 02/14/08

oh yum. black bottom cupcakes remind me of a great bakery next door to the place i used to work in madison, wi. love 'em.

samedog at 3:43PM on 02/14/08

drakes

bhgrossman at 3:46PM on 02/14/08

chocolate with peanut butter frosting.

pupilindenial at 3:47PM on 02/14/08

I love strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Or cinnamon cupcakes with chocolate glaze. Or apple cupcakes with cinnamon glaze. I could go on...

Stufsocker at 3:48PM on 02/14/08

chocolate with caramel frosting

jknepfle at 3:49PM on 02/14/08

Zingerman's Bakehouse makes a really amazing Hummingbird cake (think carrot cake, but soooo much more). It has so much stuff--carrot, pineapple, raisins, nuts, etc.--packed in it I'm astonished it holds together, and the bakery dept. in one of our local stores carries the cupcake version. >Sigh

msmla at 3:56PM on 02/14/08

chocolate chai cupcakes. with chai buttercream frosting.

torrig at 3:57PM on 02/14/08

chocolate truffles

jbramley at 3:57PM on 02/14/08

Something either tropical or Indian/Middle Eastern flavored, but chocolate works ok, too :)

charm city cupcake at 3:58PM on 02/14/08

BIG if I have a choice! Chocolate, strawberry, lemon, orange, carrot.....you name it, I love it.

PerkyMac at 3:59PM on 02/14/08

chocolate

salty at 4:00PM on 02/14/08

chocolate

EmilySC at 4:03PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate, with chocolate frosting. And sprinkles, just for nostalgia.

chloe103 at 4:05PM on 02/14/08

chocolate

mverno at 4:06PM on 02/14/08

Black bottom cupcakes, actually. They were my friend's signature dessert at all our work parties.

brozy at 4:07PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate for sure. I have had something similar to the Black Bottom Cupcakes listed above and they were FABULOUS!

mnsteph at 4:07PM on 02/14/08

i refuse to discriminate between cupcakes. all are welcome to my stomach.

feep at 4:07PM on 02/14/08

Redvelvet cupcakes! Mmmm

Jadie15 at 4:08PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate cupcakes with seven minute frosting or ganache. Yum.

onalark at 4:08PM on 02/14/08

a light beautiful batter with a lot of icing....pile it on...

triza at 4:10PM on 02/14/08

red velvet with buttercream frosting.........

starsmom at 4:16PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate...YUM YUM!!!! ;-) Happy Valentine's Day.

ccarolyn at 4:17PM on 02/14/08

chocolate hands down

pcbdolphins at 4:17PM on 02/14/08

Haha - black bottom cupcakes are my favorite!

deborahm4 at 4:20PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate Creamcheese!

Sarajahii at 4:21PM on 02/14/08

OK... these things might serious be my favorite of all time - the apple cider vinegar give a nice twist to the flavor and really intense dark chocolate with the creamy cram cheese... plus - they're the best to bring with you somewhere - the frosting's built right in, so no mess!

idorunyc357 at 4:21PM on 02/14/08

Yellow cake with pink frosting! (And it HAS to be pink...pink tastes better!)

merav13 at 4:23PM on 02/14/08

Red velvet

louiseb130 at 4:24PM on 02/14/08

Red velvet with cream cheese frosting of course!

ooodaisymaeooo at 4:24PM on 02/14/08

Lately, Guava and cream cheese! MMMM!

bitchincamero at 4:24PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate cupcake with german chocolate frosting

idahomom at 4:24PM on 02/14/08

Lemon cupcakes with raspberry cream cheese frosting.

AlBee at 4:26PM on 02/14/08

I'm infantile, but confetti cake with sprinkles. Yummy! Brings back memories

Teahlo at 4:26PM on 02/14/08

From Jilly's Cupcake Bar in St. Louis, the "Ja Love": vanilla cake, 5 spice syrup, ginger key lime curd filling, vanilla buttercream frosting, white chocolate dipped candied ginger. Eaten with a spoon!

Mizbee at 4:28PM on 02/14/08

Anything with buttercream frosting! (And guilty pleasure: Pillsbury Funfetti...)

LiveToEat at 4:31PM on 02/14/08

Lemon Poppyseed. David Lebovitz has the best recipes.

joanne117 at 4:31PM on 02/14/08

Black Bottom cupcakes are an old favorite.

CarolHarrity at 4:31PM on 02/14/08

Absolutely Red Velvet cupcakes. Ever since I had a piece of Red Velvet Cake at the Bubble Room on Captiva Island, Fl, I've been a serious addict.

cdziuba at 4:33PM on 02/14/08

Pumpkin cupcakes with chocolate frosting.

karen r at 4:33PM on 02/14/08

All cupcakes are created equal. But if I did choose it would be a german chocolate with a cerry filling, and coconut/pecan ice cream.

LinMae at 4:34PM on 02/14/08

Red velvet with cream cheese frosting.

buffyholic at 4:35PM on 02/14/08

the oreo cupcake from crumbs. i love crumbs.

blondiebrownie at 4:39PM on 02/14/08

Vanilla cupcakes with dark chocolate frosting.

threedogkitchen at 4:39PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate fudge cupcakes with peanut-butter frosting.

apisoni at 4:39PM on 02/14/08

Red Velvet

whyreg666 at 4:49PM on 02/14/08

Yellow cake with fluffy chocolate frosting.

hobnob at 4:49PM on 02/14/08

Dark Chocolate with white frosting

gypsy58 at 4:51PM on 02/14/08

Totally chocolate cupcake!

fshapiro at 4:52PM on 02/14/08

Black Bottom.

Freddie at 4:53PM on 02/14/08

carrot cupcakes with classic cream cheese frosting, or red velvet cupcakes with the same. and a glass of milk.

lesliepariseau at 4:54PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate for sure

dwarzel at 4:54PM on 02/14/08

buttermilk chocolate with any type of chocolate frosting. If the frosting has a little coffee in it, even better!

Cookieeater at 4:57PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream icing, bottom torn off the cupcake and inverted on top of the icing to make a "cupcake sandwich." Delish.

jenberger at 4:57PM on 02/14/08

moist white cupcake with fresh strawberry icing

javal at 4:57PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with peanut butter cream cheese frosting ... under a layer of ganache.

OneWallKitchen at 4:58PM on 02/14/08

Red velvet-cream cheese frosting.

b1exrts at 5:01PM on 02/14/08

I love moist chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

fast_wheels at 5:01PM on 02/14/08

chocolate frosting. cake part preferably peanut butter or chocolate

zekks at 5:02PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with chocolate or german chocolate frosting.

ch121 at 5:08PM on 02/14/08

Rebar's Chocolate-Zucchini cupcakes

Natalie at 5:09PM on 02/14/08

Strawberry!

greenwolf at 5:09PM on 02/14/08

Black bottom cupcakes sound good, but I'm going to have to go with blueberry with a streusel topping.

kwatz at 5:10PM on 02/14/08

dark chocolate, with dark chocolate frosting --yum!

jcaplus2 at 5:14PM on 02/14/08

enter me pl
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e, thank you for the contestany type of cupcake is divine - especially the ones with cheesecake frosting

rosidentevil at 5:15PM on 02/14/08

Pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese icing. Or carrot cake muffins with cream cheese pineapple glaze.

funnyjello at 5:15PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with whipped cream frosting

lam43 at 5:15PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate

ruthing73 at 5:16PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with chocolate frosting

kktwins at 5:16PM on 02/14/08

the lemon icing ones at sugar sweet sunshine. my little sister has me bring them to her up in boston when i visit. so zingy!

sloppydelicious at 5:26PM on 02/14/08

anything with citrus and coconut together!

kylad at 5:34PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with cream cheese icing is my favorite.

ksh123 at 5:35PM on 02/14/08

Vanilla icing and vanilla cake...simple!

pcmiller at 5:38PM on 02/14/08

yellow cake and chocolate icing and colored sprinkles- my family's traditional.

cam00023 at 5:38PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate, maybe with a surprise filling, white or pastel buttercream frosting and lots of seasonal sprinkles!! Makes any day special...

debfar at 5:43PM on 02/14/08

Vanilla, or anything with cream-cheese icing. Or any cupcakes, really--I even like the kind-of-gross-but-in-a-good-way supermarket ones.

kitchentraveler at 5:44PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate cupcakes with butter cream frosting!!

cj741 at 5:47PM on 02/14/08

Cream cheese chocolate cupcakes!

ilikecitylights at 5:48PM on 02/14/08

either good ole vanilla with vanilla... OR... crazy dark chocolate espresso ones :)

mesohuangry at 5:49PM on 02/14/08

yellow cake, vanilla frosting, rainbow sprinkles - the classic

anichila at 5:58PM on 02/14/08

red velvet with tons of cream cheese frosting

ebarrett at 6:00PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with peanut butter filling.

osugrad at 6:04PM on 02/14/08

chocolate with peanut butter frosting

fancyfeet48 at 6:07PM on 02/14/08

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting:)

JEP at 6:10PM on 02/14/08

mmm, black bottom cupcakes are sounding good about now.

sarahinnewyork at 6:12PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with chocolate buttercream icing.

Thank you for the contest and Happy Valentine's Day!

AmberRose95 at 6:12PM on 02/14/08

Cream cheese-filled chocolate. Oh my god so good!

justjoan at 6:19PM on 02/14/08

White cake with chocolate icing

forkmtn at 6:20PM on 02/14/08

yellow with chocolate frosting

tracker at 6:21PM on 02/14/08

Carrot cupcakes with cream-cheese frosting.

amylou61 at 6:23PM on 02/14/08

vanilla cake with chocolate icing

Gayngry at 6:33PM on 02/14/08

Years ago in NYC you could buy a box of 6 Duggan's cupcakes at the grocery store. They were yellow cake with 2 each chocolate, vanilla and strawberry icing. Those were the best!

overw8 at 6:35PM on 02/14/08

I love chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing. Great giveaway. Thanks

peg42 at 6:36PM on 02/14/08

Homemade chocolate with lots of frosting and sprinkles for the kid in me

tsegada at 6:36PM on 02/14/08

chocolate w/chocolate ganache

carusoc at 6:37PM on 02/14/08

chocolate

slb3334 at 6:41PM on 02/14/08

Thanks for the fantastic offer. My favorite cupcake is Devil's Food with old-fashioned 7-minute frosting, green coconut "grass" and jellybean "Easter eggs."

geekbearinggifts at 6:45PM on 02/14/08

Still brownies.

Karenck at 6:47PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate souffle cupcakes I got from Kyotofu!

cacao at 6:48PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with cream cheese filling.

LINDALSHOT at 6:50PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate chocolate chip!

Stephen1969 at 6:52PM on 02/14/08

As much as I love chocolate, I don't like chocolate cake at all. My fav is White on White or White with Creamcheese frosting.

cornbella at 6:57PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

saturdaynightfever at 6:58PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate, chocolate. :D or basically anything gobbed up on top with buttercream.

or that ingenious cupcake sandwich. ohohohoho.

jazzinx at 7:00PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate chip cup cakes

loveis at 7:10PM on 02/14/08

i love chocolate, but i think my favorite cupcake is yellow with white buttercream frosting

woodenspoon at 7:11PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate or chocolate chip or marble or anything!

sewingmema at 7:15PM on 02/14/08

Definitely chocolate! Thank you for the contest!

RobsGirl123 at 7:16PM on 02/14/08

white cake with chocolate frosting

ricedream24 at 7:18PM on 02/14/08

Funfetti cake with coconut frosting.

Bebemiqui at 7:25PM on 02/14/08

Lemon with lemon frosting

zboltman at 7:29PM on 02/14/08

anything with either buttercream or cream cheese frosting

provey at 7:30PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate cupcake with fresh raspberry buttercream on top! delish!! sweet and tart at the same time!

em1910 at 7:36PM on 02/14/08

Spice cake with milk chocolate icing, but I gotta say that the Black Bottom Cupcakes sound delicious. Thank you!

Tina12312 at 7:36PM on 02/14/08

any cupcake with some sort of super yummy frosting.

taradawn at 7:38PM on 02/14/08

miette's. chocolate cupcake, raspberry buttercream. divine.

tudogostoso at 7:40PM on 02/14/08

I was going to say chocolate with cream cheese frosting, but now I'm thinking Black Bottom Cupcakes and I haven't even tried them -- but I will!

chrissy75007 at 7:40PM on 02/14/08

yellow cake and chocolate frosting

miamia at 7:40PM on 02/14/08

unsweetened chocolate lava with cayenne pepper

DaveRud at 7:41PM on 02/14/08

chocolate with dark chocolate frosting (and a big glass of milk)

sk8fancat at 7:42PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate

plhill2000 at 7:54PM on 02/14/08

FUNFETTI with funfetti frosting. i know. i am a terrible person... hehe

chlamers at 7:55PM on 02/14/08

carrot

MajaMeza79 at 8:03PM on 02/14/08

Red Velvet!!

courtneyp at 8:05PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate, yes!

deejaycee at 8:07PM on 02/14/08

Vanilla cake with any sort of frosting as long as there's not _too_ much of it (sugar...high... :P)

abstract_duck at 8:09PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with ganache!

catalu at 8:10PM on 02/14/08

carrot with cream cheese frosting

erinn at 8:14PM on 02/14/08

Vanilla cupcake with mocha frosting

hungrykat at 8:15PM on 02/14/08

red velvet

rffoodie at 8:16PM on 02/14/08

Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting. Mmmmmmmn!

Netsearcher at 8:20PM on 02/14/08

chocolate chocolate chocolate ... it's a womens staple food

phyllispkins at 8:33PM on 02/14/08

double Chocolate

ydsddd at 8:37PM on 02/14/08

Dark chocolate with semi-sweet chocolate chip cupcakes, with double chocolate icing. YUMMY!

sweepster49 at 8:41PM on 02/14/08

vanilla bean with chocolate icing. Yummo!

thecookiemonkey at 8:44PM on 02/14/08

chocolate with chocolate frosting

winkyj at 8:47PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate!

schnitzel at 8:48PM on 02/14/08

chocolate with chocolate icing

pammmywoo at 8:50PM on 02/14/08

Red Velvet with a whipped vanilla frosting.

Gracie at 8:56PM on 02/14/08

chocolate fudge with ganache piped in a big swirl on top

kathyvegas at 8:57PM on 02/14/08

Blueberry cupcakes with lots of blueberries

enicoll at 9:06PM on 02/14/08

Hi! Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate! Thanks!

sharonjo at 9:08PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with buttercream frosting.

amj1989 at 9:12PM on 02/14/08

I like anything chocolate. I know...so does 90% of the posts above, but it's my favorite : ) Happy VDay everyone!!!!

wrathofall at 9:21PM on 02/14/08

I love Strawberry cupcakes.

fangirl at 9:21PM on 02/14/08

yellow cake, white icing.

bhjustice at 9:26PM on 02/14/08

Give me that dark chocolate, honey!

ky2here at 9:27PM on 02/14/08

vanilla cake with lemon curd and buttercream frosting.

sillylil at 9:28PM on 02/14/08

yellow cake with chocolate frosting can't be beat!

momrec at 9:31PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate!

n_i_k at 9:34PM on 02/14/08

Triple chocolate cookies... mmmm

iheartnitz at 9:39PM on 02/14/08

chocolate!

Aisling at 9:41PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate...YUM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TxBubba at 9:42PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with pink butter cream frosting.

Mom2Ways at 9:46PM on 02/14/08

Yellow cake with Whipped Chocolate Whipped Ganache.

ukyochan at 9:47PM on 02/14/08

Mmm, maybe something not too sweet like a lemon meringue cupcake filled with lemon curd!

dreamsicle at 9:50PM on 02/14/08

A moist yellow cake (with pudding in the mix is best) and chocolate frosting.

lvfordguy at 9:58PM on 02/14/08

white with white frosting

nesta67 at 10:24PM on 02/14/08

cherry with cherry frosting

bingsy at 10:24PM on 02/14/08

also, old fashioned chocolate cake

thegreatlumpia at 10:32PM on 02/14/08

The ultimate chocolate cupcake is my favorite! A chocolate lover's dream!

adonica at 10:34PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate, ganache frosted and Angelfood confetti with white frosting-yum!

akm_1 at 10:38PM on 02/14/08

i am also obsessed with black bottom cupcakes!!! mmm

nat85 at 10:40PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate cupcakes!

mommyof3inva at 10:41PM on 02/14/08

those black bottom cupcakes are my new favorite

jbeckett at 10:45PM on 02/14/08

chocolate

mousitch at 10:52PM on 02/14/08

Red Velvet Cupcakes!

atreau at 10:57PM on 02/14/08

Vanilla buttercream :)

taryn237 at 10:57PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with lots of frosting.

danwalk at 11:01PM on 02/14/08

red velvet

mrstrooper at 11:05PM on 02/14/08

Dark Chocolate with banana frosting...I know it sounds weird, but so very delish.

And to be frou-frou, for some reason I feel like a chestnut cupcake would taste really good...

firni at 11:05PM on 02/14/08

I love the ones with the little rainbow candy bits in them with vanilla frosting.

MCosumano at 11:05PM on 02/14/08

Mexican hot chocolate, with cinnamon icing and a teeny red chili pepper garnish.

marlys at 11:06PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate-Chocolate Chip!

norcalgal at 11:07PM on 02/14/08

Darn, now I'm hungry for a double chocolate cupcake with a cold glass of milk. Too late to bake though.

cme8397 at 11:07PM on 02/14/08

any type loaded with at least one inch of buttercream

i8alot at 11:08PM on 02/14/08

Vanilla with chocolate fudge frosting

inkypleez at 11:12PM on 02/14/08

Choocolate with a mocha frosting!

annette21 at 11:13PM on 02/14/08

carrot cake

gracecchu at 11:38PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate - but only homemade

jessie at 11:38PM on 02/14/08

easter basket cupcakes - white cupcakes with vanilla frosting, green coconut on top, three jelly beans and a pipe cleaner stuck into it to look like a handle. they're delicious and adorable :)

krispychikin at 11:43PM on 02/14/08

plain old chocolate with vanilla buttercream

missmicker at 11:43PM on 02/14/08

The kind with frosting...frosting that came from the cream of a cow, not the cream of a crisco.

LearP at 11:44PM on 02/14/08

caramel cupcake with caramel frosting
or chocolate

gorzd at 11:45PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting, MMmmmmm

dbcurrie at 11:46PM on 02/14/08

carrot with cream cheese frosting... Homemade... NOT from Sprinkles.

LoCo at 11:47PM on 02/14/08

Chocolate with cream cheese frosting

nvtribefan at 11:48PM on 02/14/08

S'more cupcakes with fluff frosting. Its yellow cake, mixed with crushed graham crackers, and chocolate chunks topped with fluff frosting! delicious!

pupymnster at 11:48PM on 02/14/08

chocolate or vanilla with buttercream frosting.

lilyrose63 at 12:06AM on 02/15/08

strawberry with cream cheese filling. hands down. but I have yet to meet a cupcake I haven't liked...

Charcuterista at 12:12AM on 02/15/08

Chocolate but I have yet to find a cupcake I didn't like.

mcnerd at 12:21AM on 02/15/08

blueberry

Schlauberger at 12:21AM on 02/15/08

I love vanilla cupcakes with vanilla icing.

laralin2266 at 12:23AM on 02/15/08

Death by Chocolate

peggyprobus at 12:25AM on 02/15/08

Dark chocolate!

meredith13 at 12:31AM on 02/15/08

Must I choose? Well then... chocolate, with chocolate chips and chocolate frosting and any other chocolate you can somehow add on... Yummy!
Ooh, I forgot - with chocolate sprinkles on top! You can't have a cupcake without sprinkles!

jaynalee at 12:37AM on 02/15/08

chocolate

steevee at 12:37AM on 02/15/08

chocolate with french vanilla icing

rdazer at 12:43AM on 02/15/08

butter golden cupcakes :)

humbleh at 12:50AM on 02/15/08

My favorite is a devil's food cupcake with a white frothy buttercream center, but this Black Bottom recipe sounds delicious. My grandkids are coming for the weekend so I am going to make these tomorrow.

tandek at 12:54AM on 02/15/08

devils food with dark chocolate icing! yummm!

tjett911 at 1:03AM on 02/15/08

Black Forest Cupcakes - Dark chocolate cakes with whipped buttercream frosting and cherry pie topping - WOOT! The only way to eat the best stuff and not eat a piece as big as I really want! ;-}

JoyfullyOrange at 1:14AM on 02/15/08

Yellow cake, chocolate frosting.

Tobster1 at 1:27AM on 02/15/08

Black Bottom Cupcakes ARE my favorites! I do like to add a little Kahlua and Hershey's syrup to the cake mix to jazz it up a little more. :)

bhouse34 at 1:28AM on 02/15/08

I love chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing!

kmorghan at 2:06AM on 02/15/08

Oh--thats hard to choose! I'll say chocolate with buttercream frosting!

christinaalmond at 2:14AM on 02/15/08

chocolate of course

JOYVEN at 2:16AM on 02/15/08

Chocolate, with chocolate chips and chocolate frosting!