Cupcake

Cupcake
Plain cupcake with strawberry icing, and chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing
Alternative namesFairy cake, patty cake,[1] cup cake
TypeCake
Place of originUnited States
Main ingredientsButter, sugar, eggs, flour; optionally frosting and other cake decorations

A cupcake (AmE), fairy cake (BrE), or bun (IrE) is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup. As with larger cakes, frosting and other cake decorations such as fruit and candy may be applied.

  1. ^ Eriksson, Sofia; Hastie, Madeleine; Roberts, Tom (24 July 2014). Eat History: Food and Drink in Australia and Beyond. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4438-6479-4. The first recipe in my school recipe book was for patty-cakes, now known all over the country by their American name, cup cakes.