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Best Chocolate Cupcakes Ever

I don’t remember getting this excited over a small cupcake for such a long time. These cupcakes from the insanely delicious blog Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit made 20 kids and 20+ grown-ups very happy.

It was my friend’s (he just turned 3 and yes, he is my friend) birthday last Sunday. His birthday cake was already ordered. His brief was a ‘blue’ cake with spiders, snakes and giraffes (talk about weird requests). So the party needed something else… You know, like an appetizer… Small but still colorful. Right before I left work on Friday, I stumbled upon one of Cheryl’s posts.

Chocolate Cupcakes

There was chocolate in it and then chocolate ganache and even more chocolate on top. If THAT doesn’t make a kid happy I don’t know what will. Looking back, I think I should have baked something lighter… Have you ever witnessed 20 sugar-high kids?

Chocolate Cupcakes

Anyhow. Did I tell you how spectacular the recipes turned out? I guess I did.

It is such a shame that I didn’t have the time for the ganache to thicken properly (hence the poor piping). Make sure you have enough time for the frosting to cool down and thicken before you pipe it on the cupcakes.

The cupcake recipe as well as the white chocolate decoration idea (I used dried raspberries, pistachios and dried apricots for the decoration) is from this post and the chocolate ganache frosting (I doubled the recipe) is from this post. Hope you enjoy these cupcakes as much as I did. Thank you Cheryl!

October 30, 2007 · 35 Comments Categories: Cakes, Chocolate Tags: birthday, Chocolate, Cupcake, ganache

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  1. Marianna

    October 30, 2007 at 12:19 pm

    These cupcakes look amazing! They look colorful and fun enough for kids, but elegant and classy for adults too!

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  2. Gloria

    October 30, 2007 at 1:33 pm

    Really I’m in love of your recipes and your blog, and I like soo Isatnbul! Oh my friend is difficult don’t eat all this nice things. xxGloria

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  3. valentina

    October 30, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    Oh, they look fabulous. You friend is very lucky to have you as a friend. Not only a great friend but also a spectacular baker.

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  4. Sylvia

    October 30, 2007 at 3:40 pm

    Those cupcakes are different that other cupcakes that I been sawing in others blog. Absolutely classy and a nice mix of flavours and textures

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  5. Mandy

    October 30, 2007 at 3:51 pm

    I am speechless. The prettiest cupcake I have everseen. And so classy too. Well done.

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  6. Rose

    October 30, 2007 at 5:32 pm

    Cenk, Cenk, Cenk! For the first time in my life I am just…I…It’s…I mean…PERFECT.
    Cheryl’s cupcakes are indeed pure perfections. I had great success once with her baked peaches and blueberry cupcakes.

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  7. Tartelette

    October 30, 2007 at 8:56 pm

    Just gorgeous! That white chocolate decoration is just heaven to the eyes!

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  8. Kelly

    October 31, 2007 at 2:24 am

    Bee-You-Tee-Full!

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  9. Laily

    October 31, 2007 at 4:50 am

    I loved the white chocolate decoration…makes them look very chic, and not corny at all (like many cupcakes tend to be)…. Where do you get dried raspberries??

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  10. Zeynep Seda

    October 31, 2007 at 8:34 am

    Cenk I love Cupcake blog!!! She is amazingly talented! I tried her raspberry and lavender cupcake and it turned amazingly tasty as you can imagine 🙂 Love the white chocolate pieces, looks very cheerful 🙂

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  11. steamy kitchen

    October 31, 2007 at 2:29 pm

    beautiful cupcakes – i just love the decoration – so colorful!

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  12. Hillary

    October 31, 2007 at 10:30 pm

    Wow…not only do they sound good, but they’re sooo pretty! I love the decoration idea….it sounds tasty and it’s very colorful!

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  13. kate

    November 1, 2007 at 7:59 pm

    This are some really cute looking cupcakes. Love the white chocolate , love what you have dont to the paper cops..the little skirty fringy thing. Looks adorable.

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  14. esra

    November 6, 2007 at 12:06 am

    hi, thanks for the beautiful cupcakes, I gotta try them but which recipe did you use? was it chocolate cupcakes with coconut icing? thanks

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  15. cathy

    November 6, 2007 at 2:16 am

    And thanks for sharing them, they look delish, mouth-watering 🙂

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  16. KitchenGoddess

    November 6, 2007 at 4:56 pm

    WOW they look amazing. Especially love the white choc topping.

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  17. joey

    November 7, 2007 at 1:01 pm

    They are just gorgeous!!! And they look both sophisticated for grown ups and colorful for kids 🙂 Thanks for pointing us to that recipe!

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  18. Fruittart

    November 8, 2007 at 4:16 am

    What fortunate friends! Absolutely gorgeous, as always. I love your pistachio and raspberry combos and who could not love chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate?!

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  19. Tatiana Maia

    November 9, 2007 at 6:31 pm

    Hello , Congratulations by charm. I am of the Brazil & I am enamored for chocolates. I would like what he may know what astray of today voce tem only one SUPER FRIEND here into the Brazil. kisses

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  20. Britt-Arnhild

    November 10, 2007 at 8:18 am

    Cupcakes are always winners at birthday parties, aren’t they 🙂
    These look delicious.

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  21. David McNelis

    November 12, 2007 at 9:09 pm

    Wow. Those look absolutely sinful! The white chocolate decorations added a great finishing touch that makes them almost too pretty to eat.

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  22. TulipFleurs

    November 14, 2007 at 12:07 am

    Hi! Ran across your website and the cupcakes caught my eye! I will definitely try to make these cupcakes. The presentation looks very pretty and I’m sure they are delish! Thanks for sharing. BTW . . I love pistachios! Take care!

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  23. Cairothecat

    December 16, 2007 at 12:09 am

    Where did you get those fab cupcakes cases. They look a bit taller on the sides than the usual cupcake ones from the supermarket which is just what I am looking for!

    cheers 🙂

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  24. Cenk

    December 16, 2007 at 1:58 am

    Cairothecat – I bought them from a supermarket in İstanbul 🙂

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  25. Maggie

    April 21, 2008 at 12:53 am

    The white chocolate decoration sounds and looks better than the cupcake to me. What a great sounding combination!

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  26. KARY

    May 31, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    mshh aww
    i love Cupcakes , Chocolate , Chips and Cookies ohhhhhhh:) <3

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  27. Rebecca Trelfa

    April 10, 2009 at 2:33 am

    Don’t know what I did but these came out dry and crumbly. 🙁

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  28. Alexis Breeze

    September 1, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Yummy. I am getting hungry already! I hope they taste as good as they look!!

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  29. Catherine

    June 13, 2012 at 1:52 am

    Hello Cenk, Love your blog and have tried your Devils Food Cake with Biscoff Ganache…amazing!!! I’m making it again for a birthday party this week. Can you please tell me which chocolate cupcake this recipe is from. I see Cupcake Bakeshop blog has a few chocolate cupcakes. Is it the gluten-free recipe? Thank you!!!

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    • Cenk

      June 13, 2012 at 1:34 pm

      Catherine – Glad you liked it. The link doesn’t work anymore. I did a search and updated the link. Here’s the recipe.

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  30. Catherine

    June 29, 2012 at 8:16 am

    Thank you very much! I’m definitely trying this recipe next week! Thanks again, your website is amazing!!!!

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  31. merve

    August 8, 2015 at 11:41 am

    Hi Cenk, cupcakeblog.com is no longer exists 🙁 Can you update this post in detail?

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  32. Merve

    August 18, 2015 at 2:16 pm

    Linklerin çalışmadığı ile ilgili comment girmiştim geöen hafta, linkleri güncellemişsiniz fakat neden commentimi yayınlamadınız? Blogunuzun iyileşmesine katkı sağlayan commentleri bile onaylamıyorsanız bir daha da comment girmem. Tabi bunu da silin ama okursunuz en azından.

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    • Cenk

      September 22, 2015 at 12:21 pm

      Merve – Yorumlarınızı şimdi gördüm. Sadece bahsettiğiniz link değil, blogdaki linklerin tamamı altyapıdaki bir sorundan ötürü çalışmıyordu. O sorun giderilince tüm linkler çalışmaya başladı. Siteye bırakılan yorumlar onaya tabii olduğu için ben görüp onay vermeden yayınlanmıyor. Sanırım o sebepten sildiğimi düşündünüz…

      Reply
  33. Merve

    December 1, 2015 at 9:51 pm

    Ben de sizinkini şimdi gördüm, açıklama için teşekkür ederim.

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Önemli:Bloguma bıraktığınız yorum, tarafımdan onaylandıktan sonra yayımlanacaktır. Yorum bıraktığınız yazı ne kadar eski olursa olsun, yorumunuzu gözden kaçırmam mümkün değildir. Yorumunuz soru içeriyorsa; yanıt verebilmek için yazıyı incelemem gerekebileceği için yayımlanması biraz gecikebilir. Sorunuzu sormadan önce lütfen aynı veya benzer bir sorunun daha önce sorulup sormadığını önceki yorumları tarayarak emin olunuz.

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