CAJUN.CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES are just one of many, many Cajun Chocolate Desserts...they have their own Holy Trinity of Seasonings: Strong Coffee, Cinnamon, and Cayenne. yes, Cayenne....!

CAJUN CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

The Special Part about Cajun Desserts is that many of them have one or more of three 'Secret' Ingredients:  Cayenne. Cinnamon. and/or Strong Black Coffee....doesn't sound like they would be delicious-making seasonings, but they are. Chocolate Cupcakes are one of the Desserts that use all three. These are Cajun and they're chocolate, and I don't think there are many Cajuns who do Not LOVE Chocolate, cuz a lot of their Desserts use Chocolate just everywhere!

Here's a good recipe for them:

Sift one and 1/4 cup of all purpose flour with a cup of cocoa powder, three teaspoons of baking powder, one and 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon, 1/3 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and a pinch of salt in a bowl. In another bowl, beat together one and 1/2 cups of light brown sugar and four tablespoons of soft butter, until light and fluffy. add in two eggs and one and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla mixed in well. start mixing the dry ingredients with the fluffy mix with drizzles of one cup of whole milk, slowly (mixer on low) until you have a smooth batter. if everything is still too dry, add drizzles of strong warm coffee. or, a third of the fluid can just be the coffee...now, beat everything on medium for about two minutes, until it's all fluffy as can be...
scoop a quarter cup of this batter into each cupcake tin (buttered), for up to twenty cupcakes...bake at preheated 325 degree oven for fifteen minutes...have them cool completely and then frost them....Frost them all with any chocolate icing of your choice, but be sure to have a pinch of cinnamon, a pinch of cayenne and a dash of coffee into each batch of icing, to carry the flavor through.
You'll be surprised at how Rich Chocolate tastes, when these seasonings bring out it's Sparkle!

Here's the Poem:

What child of Cajuns has not begged for
Chocolate Bread on wintery days -
Toasted up Evangeline Maid -
Best of White Breads in most ways...
Dipped in Chocolate in the pan
Warm and just-so Bitter-Sweet -
Dip both sides now, don't be stingy:
Chocolate Bread - tres bon to eat!