Posted on 10/18/2023 6:52:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE DAY | OCTOBER 18
National Chocolate Cupcake Day on October 18th annually celebrates the sweetness of small chocolate cakes. With a dollop of frosting, one sweet serving satisfies chocolate and cake lovers!
#ChocolateCupcakeDay
Cupcakes have also been called:
Fairy Cakes
Patty Cakes
Cup Cakes (different from Cupcakes (one-word))
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.
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 ovenproof 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.
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?
Chocolate caramel cupcakes satisfy that extra cry for sweetness.
Peanut butter chocolate cupcakes are the snacker's 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.
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!
Cream Cheese Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Super Easy, Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate Cream Filled Chocolate Cupcakes
Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
Use #ChocolateCupcakeDay to post on social media.
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE DAY HISTORY
National Day Calendar® continues researching the origins of this sweet cake holiday.
Cupcake FAQ
Q. When is National Chocolate Day?
A. National Chocolate Day is October 28th.
Q. When is National Cupcake Day?
A. National Cupcake Day is December 15th.
Q. When is National Vanilla Cupcake Day?
A. National Vanilla Cupcake Day is November 10th.
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October 18th Celebrated History
1648
Boston Shoemakers establish the first American labor organization. They created the trade union to maintain standards while protecting their interests with a qualified and practiced workforce.
1851
Author Herman Melville publishes the novel The Whale which would later be named Moby-Dick.
1892
American Telephone and Telegraph Company opens the first long-distance telephone line between Chicago and New York opens. The ceremony included Chicago Mayor Hempstead Washburne and New York Mayor Hugh Grant exchanging greetings as well as both offices playing the Star Spangled Banner for the receiving office and their audiences.
1922
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is established.
1963
The French space program launches the first cat into space. The black and white tuxedo stray named Félicette spent 15 minutes in space and returned to Earth 15 minutes later.
2019
Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir became the first all-women spacewalk. During their spacewalk, the astronauts took a call from President Donald Trump.
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October 18th Celebrated Birthdays
Frederick August Otto Schwarz - 1836
The German immigrant created magic long before Walt Disney ever did. In 1861, Schwarz and his brothers opened their first toy store in Baltimore Maryland. Schwarz would open a second store in New York City named Schwarz Brothers - Importers. Over the years, the store became a destination for millions of toy lovers around the world. Early in the 20th century, the store was renamed FAO Schwarz and is the oldest toy store in the United States. In 2012, Frederick Schwarz was elected to the Toy Industry Hall of Fame.
Harry Yarnell -1875
Prior to World War II, the naval officer proved the vulnerability of Pearl Harbor during the annual Grand Joint Army and Navy Exercises. He served more than 51 years with the U.S. Navy and retired from service in 1942 but returned to duty several times during World War II.
Lina Radke - 1903
In 1928, Radke raced for Germany and won the first Olympic 800 meter race for women. It was the first year the Olympics allowed women in athletic events. Held in Amsterdam, the race was considered controversial because popular and medical opinion believed women too frail for competition and athleticism. Following the race, reports of collapsing runners, runners dropping out of the race, blazed the headlines. However, despite photographic and film evidence proving none of the 9 runners dropped out of the race or collapsed, the news refused to report the actual headline - that Radke won and broke the world record. Tragically, the race would be removed from the Olympics and would not return until the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
Isabel Briggs Myers - 1897
Briggs Myers teamed up with her mother Katharine Cook Brigs to develop what became one of the most widely used personality inventories. The self-reporting questionnaire called Myers-Briggs type Indicator (MBTI) measures 16 personality types as well as other indicators and offers tools for understanding.
Trixie Worsley - 1921
Not only was Worsley the first Canadian woman to become a computer scientist, but she may have also been the world's first woman to earn a doctorate in computer science.
Chuck Berry - 1926
The Grammy-winning and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Chuck Berry influenced generations of musicians and artists. With a slew of number one hits, Berry ushered in the era of Rock & Roll. His first hit song, "Maybellene," was followed by "Roll Over Beethoven," "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," and "Johnny B. Goode," along with several other popular songs in between. He continued to perform well into the 1990s.
Mike Ditka - 1939
The former professional football player led the Chicago Bears as head coach for 10 years. During his tenure, he led the Bears to a Super Bowl win in his third season. He continued to lead the Bears in winning seasons but they didn't appear in the Super Bowl again under Ditka's leadership.
Zac Efron - 1987
The singer and actor rose to popularity thanks the Disney hit High School Musical. He continues to earn Teen Choice and People's Choice awards. In 2017 he played Phillip Carlyle in The Greatest Showman. His most recent production is a travel web series called Down to Earth with Zac Efron.
Today in History:
The French space program launches the first cat into space....................
Chocolate? Blech! Lol. I’ve never been a dark chocolate fan, but white chocolate I do like. Growing up was difficult because I had to watch the family enjoy8ng their dark chocolate treats while i went without lol. (Not really, mom would usually make me so etching else)
All these types of days are REALLY hard on us who are on low-carb diets. A peanut butter Quest bar with a side bunless cheeseburger isn’t the same.
The chocolate icing HAS to be higher than the cupcake.....or no deal.
I have a nephew who does t like,dark chocolate either, and we laugh about how noone respects us when they are eating their treats lol.
I don’t know what it is about dark chocolate that I don’t like- but it just doesn’t taste good to me for some reason. Although, we had German friends who would,get dark chocolate from Germany sent over here, and I tried it once and it tasted very much like white chocolate which I love
My younger son likes milk chocolate, not dark chocolate. He was the only one who didn’t like dark chocolate. Yes, good moms try to make sure everyone’s sweet tooth is satisfied.
Non-Chocolate Discrimination !
I’m not necessarily on a low carb diet, but I do try to eat fewer carbs than I used to. These national food day entries are fun, but also very tempting. Some days I splurge, but can’t do that as often as I’d like. My figure has improved from resisting.
I don’t even break chocolate down in to dark, white, milk, light. To me, they’re all the same. All delicious. I have heard that true dark chocolate is healthy because of antioxidants or something.
Yes, the higher the dark chocolate content, the better it is for you. Supposedly. Everything in moderation, right?
The French launch went purrfectly.
/rimshot
/crickets
I drank strawberry milk when others had chocolate milk. I just tried it again (strawberry milk) and thought “yuck, what did I ever like about it?” Lol
LOL
I never understood the strawberry milk thing. I will admit that for years I drank chocolate milk every night before bed, and preferred Nestle Quik to the kind with Hershey’s syrup. I think I kept Nestle in business single-handedly. It was almost like an addiction. There came a point when I realized it was ludicrous to keep doing that, so I stopped. Thankfully.
LOL. Is he from Indiana?
I only live in Indiana now. I’m not really from here, but it’s a very nice place to live. There are a ton of really genuinely nice people here, and nationally-speaking, it’s not much of a place on anyone’s radar. Works for me.
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