I want to surprise my boyfriend with cupcakes today!  I bought some cake mixes and canned frosting and am ready to start!  Wish me luck!
Good Luck! Other countries have funny names for cupcakes. British call them fairy cake and Australian's call them patty cake.
That's hilarious!  I'll tell him I made some patty cakes and see what he says!  haha!
That's too funny! Make sure you don't forget to use the small thin paper or aluminum cups or they will stick to the pan
Thanks for the tip! I need to head back to the store get paper cups!
and took their name from the cups they were baked in. This is the use of the name that has remained, and the name of "cupcake" is now given to any small, round cake that is about the size of a teacup. While English fairy cakes vary in size more than American cupcake, they are traditionally smaller and are rarely topped with elaborate icing.
The other kind of "cup cake" referred to a cake whose ingredients were measured by volume, using a standard-sized cup, instead
. Additional themes include a cake designed to resemble a human brain and cupcakes that resemble having bloody teeth emerging from atop them, among others.
Commercial varieties.
Some companies mass-produce Halloween cakes, such as Hostess Brands, which manufactures Hostess CupCakes for Halloween named "Hostess Scarycakes." The cakes are prepared with orange-colored frosting and a black frosting stripe.
See also.
- Christmas cake
- Candy apple – sometimes served on Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night
- List of cakes