Sometimes it stinks to have a summer birthday. No special party at school. Often friends are out of town for summer vacations, making planning parties somewhat difficult. So I work hard at making birthdays fun for my 2 kiddos with summer celebrations.

Rebecca LOVES chocolate. So it was no surprise when she requested chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting. She truly lives by the motto of “One can never have enough chocolate.”

I was floored to think that I hadn’t made a good old fashioned chocolate cupcake yet in my 52 cupcake series. So it became my mission to remedy that quickly. I’m thrilled to introduce you to cupcake #31 – a dark chocolate cupcake created by Shelly from her blog, Cookies & Cups. And it’s oh so good.
 

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