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!
Cupcake
A cupcake (also British English: fairy cake; Hiberno-English: bun; Australian English: fairy cake or patty cake) 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, icing and other cake decorations such as fruit and candy may be applied.
History.
The earliest extant description of what is now often called a cupcake was in 1796, when a recipe for "a light cake to bake in
. 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