In my previous post, I compared the red velvet cupcakes at Muddy's Bake Shop and Gigi's Cupcakes with Muddy's being the slight favorite. In this edition of "It's a Dirty Job" the hubby and I take on Muddy's and Gigi's chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting, named the Prozac and Texas Milk Chocolate respectively.
As with the red velvet competition, Gigi's (left) clearly dominates Muddy's (right) in the size department. Twice the size and twice the price. Gigi's cupcake are also more decorative with the chocolate sprinkles and the fondant heart.
The color of the cake and frosting in this case are much closer than with the red velvet versions.
While both cupcakes had some positives, there was a clear winner.
Muddy's: The Prozac wins on flavor of cake and frosting. It was sweet and rich, but not overly so; 3 delicious chocolatey bites. The Prozac also wins on the texture of the cake; moist, light and fluffy. Where Muddy's chocolate on chocolate version lost a couple of points was on the texture of the frosting. It was a little too soft, almost as if it was melting. Otherwise, it was perfect.
Gigi's: The only way that this cupcake was superior was the texture of the frosting. Everything else was subpar. The frosting wasn't as rich or as chocolatey as its Muddy's counterpart. The cake was dry (I honestly think that the size of Gigi's cupcakes prevents them from being as moist or as light as the smaller Muddy's versions. It's possible that they dry out because it takes some much longer for them to bake through). Another issue was the flavor of the cupcake. Instead of biting in to rich, chocolate bliss, the Texas Milk Chocolate cupcake has the strange addition of cinnamon added to the cake batter. For a cupcake that is described as "milk chocolate cake topped with milk chocolate frosting," the presence of the cinnamon was quite jarring. I found the description to be a bit deceiving. After a while, I didn't mind the cinnamon so much, but the hubby didn't care for it at all. And, again, it seemed like there was just way too much frosting for the amount of cupcake.
The winner of this round and of our competition overall is Muddy's Bake Shop. Even though the cupcakes are smaller, Muddy's wins on the taste and texture of their cake. It's true that Gigi's gives you more, but more doesn't always mean better.
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