Serious Eats: New York
Sugar Rush: 'Dirty' Cupcake at Sweet Revenge
This cupcake goes by the official name, "Dirty." Chocolate on Chocolate. All dark. Definitely the best of cupcake selections at the West Village's Sweet Revenge. The majority of the cupcakes are finished with a sugary buttercream or cream cheese frosting, but "Dirty" couples a rich Valrhona chocolate cupcake with piped dark chocolate ganache. It's as if a cupcake collided with one intensely fudgey brownie. A dusting of cocoa powder, and voila, you've got your fix.
For those who favor milk over dark chocolate, stick with the "Not So Dirty," the same cupcake finished with milk chocolate ganache.
Sweet Revenge
62 Carmine Street, New York NY 10014 (b/n South 7th Avenue Bedford Street; map)
212-242-2240
sweetrevengenyc.com