LET them eat (cup) cake, for this month marks National Cupcake Week, which runs from September 17 to 21.
These dinky desserts have enjoyed a long frosting-filled ride which shows no sign of bottoming out any time soon.
They were named cupcakes because the portions of ingredients were measured in cups.
The world record for eating cupcakes in one sitting is 29 cupcakes in 30 seconds.
Originally cupcakes were called ‘number cakes’ or ‘1234 cakes’ to remember the portions (one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, four eggs, one cup of milk and one spoonful of soda). Traditionally cupcakes were flavoured with dried fruit or spices, not frosted.
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