Fun FactsAbout Cupcakes

The term ‘cupcake’ wasoriginated in the late

19th century for cakesthat were made with

some specificingredients measured

by the cupful.

Interestingly, the name“cupcake” comes from

how recipe wasmeasured: 1 cup butter, 2cups sugar, 3 cups flour,

and 4 eggs.

In the early timescupcakes were baked intea-cups or ramekins-small clay pots beforeinventing multi-cup

pans. Hence, its just acup of cake!

13% of brides prefers toserve cupcakes at their

wedding events. Cupcakescan be decorated just as

elegantly as any weddingcake, or they can be morecasual for an easy breezy

wedding.

In Britain cupcakes areknown as fairy cakes.Alternatively, a fairy

cake is a type of cupcakewith its top cut off andreplaced in two pieces,

like wings often called as“butterfly cupcakes.”

In Australia they arepopularly termed as

patty cakes.

Creative Cakesby

Deborah Feltham

www.creativecakesdeborahfeltham.com

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