I like cupcakes. They are little more than a small cake made for one person. 
Cupcakes are so much better then cake, so soft.
Cupcakes also use icing and other decorations that larger cakes use. 
True, but the cuter small size is just fun!
Before there were muffin tins, cupcakes were baked in little pottery cups. 
Aw, now I'm picturing little cactus cupcakes.
That is where the name cupcake originate from. Those little pottery cups is where they got the name. 
Cool, never knew that. I like learning new stuff. What's your favorite cupcake?
small cups" was written in "American Cookery" by Amelia Simmons. The earliest extant documentation of the term "cupcake" itself was in "Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats" in 1828 in Eliza Leslie's "Receipts" cookbook.
In the early 19th century, there were two different uses for the term "cup cake" or "cupcake". In previous centuries, before muffin tins were widely available, the cakes were often baked in individual pottery cups, ramekins, or molds
Originally, cupcakes were baked in heavy pottery cups. Some bakers still use individual ramekins, small coffee mugs, large tea cups, or other small ovenproof pottery-type dishes for baking cupcakes.
Cupcakes are usually baked in muffin tins. These pans are most often made from metal, with or without a non-stick surface, and generally have six or twelve depressions or "cups". They may also be made from stoneware, silicone rubber, or other materials. A standard size cup is in diameter and