Monday, May 11, 2009

Chocolate Scorcher

It is no secret that I love Cafe Verite and Cupcake Royale. The Ballard location is one of my favorite places to go and study--can you blame me? Amazing stumptown coffee, delicious cupcakes, friendly & cute baristas, good music, and art? What's not to like?!

This month's cupcake of the month (which I have sampled twice... no, three times, I think) is no exception to the deliciousness that they're rolling out on a regular basis.  The chocolate cupcake base is moist and tasty, but the real treat is the frosting, which is a chocolate cream cheese frosting that has a blend of spices including garam masala in it, topped with shavings of Theo's ghost chile chocolate. Ghost chile is the world's hottest chile, and hails from the Assam region of India. It provides the cupcake with about a 30 second burn of spiciness, in the best way, but isn't too much for my pansy ass to handle. 

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