During college I worked part - clip at a daycare . My first day I was with the two - year - olds , and someone ’s female parent add in cupcakes . The Thomas Kyd regarded the cupcake warily , then one by one they applied them straight off to their face . Forget drive the theme off , they felt it was sufficient to open their mouths a midget bit in trout - like fashion , and smush the cupcake , icing first , all over their little face . After hose off the pip-squeak , I can give you some advice : despite folklore , cupcake and toddler do n’t mix . But in a less messy fashion , here are some interesting facts about those nevertheless yummy sugary treats :
" ¢ According toCrazy About Cupcakes , " The term ' cupcake ' is first mention in E. Leslie ’s ' Receipts ' of 1828 . Breaking with tradition of count ingredients at this sentence the ingredients start to be measured in cups . According toBaking in Americaby Greg Patent , this was revolutionary because of the marvellous time it saved in the kitchen . The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in Americaexplains that the cup name had a double meaning because of the practice of broil in lowly container — include Camellia sinensis cup . "
" ¢ Though its unfeigned origin are argufy , Hostess cupcake can now gasconade about being the best - deal bite cake in history . In 1950 bake executive D.R. " Doc " Rice total the signature seven squiggles and vanilla extract - crème filling that make Hostess familiar to us today . And in a move reminiscent of the Twinkie Defense , in 1985 a man sued Hostess claiming that their cupcakes cause him to fall out of a tree and bankrupt his bone . Yep .
" ¢ American hysteria for cupcakes iswell documented . Hillary Clinton even recentlypromisedevery American a yearly cupcake on her birthday . But not everyone is so pro - cupcake . In fact , some school day have chosen toban themas a result of rise rates of corpulency .
" ¢ oral presentation of otiose ( Sunday or not ) , there have been several campaigns to getmicrowave cupcakesoff the ground , including Duncan Cups in 1991 and Betty Crocker MicroRave Singles . In the end , it seems the old fashioned means is the best . And if you ’re project on doing some baking for others , what ’s the good direction to enrapture a cupcake ? Checkthisout .
" ¢ If you ’re concerned in buck fashion , blank out a traditional cake ( how pedestrian ! ) and consider havingcupcakes for your wedding .
" ¢ Still ca n’t get enough ? Check outthis data link . Although cupcakes are understand as a sort of wholesome American goodness , one of the editors of this blog is a contributing editor forPenthouseand a former sex editorialist for theVillage Voice . Still , look at those cupcake !
Does anyone have any cupcake stories to portion out ? Memories ? Mishaps ?
