November cupcake: chocolate cake with cranberry cream cheese frosting

How pretty are these cupcakes?

And by pretty I clearly mean pink.

Personally, I think the cranberry is an extremely underrated as a fruit. Yes -- it is ridiculously tart on its own, but mix it with a little bit (OK a lot!) of sugar and you've got a splendid treat.

The cake batter I used is a basic chocolate cake -- and tastes just as good raw as it does baked.

But while the cake is wonderful, the frosting is the real star of the show.  You may never eat cranberries any other way.

Oh and that sugared cranberry up top?

It tastes kind of like a Sour Patch Kid.

No joke.