I love cupcakes,  Who or where were cupcakes invented?
The first cake to be called CUPCAKE was back in 1796 was written by American Cookery, Amelia Simmons.
Amazing that it was so long ago.  I've never heard of Amelia Simmons.
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
with larger cakes, frosting and other cake decorations, such as sprinkles, are common on cupcakes. The earliest reference of cupcakes can be traced as far back as 1796, when a recipe notation of "a cake to be baked in small cups" was written in "American Cookery" by Amelia Simms. However, the first use of the term "cupcake" was in "Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats" in 1828 in Eliza Leslie's "Receipts" cookbook where it referred to the