Fairy cakes use a lighter glacé icing compared to the buttercream used by American bakers. In Britain, cupcakes are called fairy cakes. Check out this Pinterest board of wedding cupcakes for some inspiration! What’s In A Name? Cupcake flavors are basically only limited by your imagination, so why settle for just one type of cupcake for your reception?! Cupcakes can be decorated just as elegantly as any wedding cake, or they can be more casual for an easy-breezy wedding. Hence, a cup of cake! Here Comes The… Cupcake?Īpparently, 13% of brides decide to serve cupcakes at their wedding as opposed to the traditional wedding cake. Likewise, the name “cupcake” comes from how the recipe was measured: 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, and 4 eggs.Įarly cupcakes were baked in teacups or ramekins (small clay pots) before the invention of the multi-cup pans we use today.
The traditional pound cake recipe was easy to remember for its pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of flour, and a pound of eggs. The term ‘cupcake’ was originally used in the late 19th century for cakes made from ingredients measured by the cupful. It holds up to 600 fresh cupcakes at a time! Cupcakes have swept the culinary world in the last few years, and it’s no wonder why! With cupcake flavors ranging from the classic (vanilla), to deliciously sweet (caramel apple), to oddly savory (jalapeño cheddar), there is a cupcake flavor for everyone! That same year, Sprinkles Bakery, the world’s first cupcake-only bakery from Beverly Hills, developed a hole-in-a-wall ATM that dispenses cupcakes 24 hours a day. 5 Fun Facts About Cupcakes… Apparently, 770,000,000 cupcakes were eaten in the US in 2012.
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