 Plain cupcake with strawberry icing and chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing | |
| Alternative names | Fairy cake, patty cake,[1] cup cake |
|---|---|
| Type | Cake |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Main ingredients | Butter, sugar, eggs, flour; optionally, frosting and other cake decorations |
A cupcake (AmE, CanE), 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.
- ^ 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.