Cupcake Fact Three – Pickle and Ice Cream Cupcakes Exist

One of the blogs that I love to follow is the Cupcake Project. I love writing when it is stylised and written with personality, and I love cake even more. This makes the Cupcake Project the perfect blog for me.

Stef who writes the blog is currently pregnant and thought it would be fitting to make a Pickle (Gherkin) and Ice Cream Cupcake. Now this sounds disgusting to me, but I was very intrigued and I thoroughly enjoyed this particular blog entry.

Whilst this doesn’t necessarily count as a fact, I feel it is an anecdote worth sharing.

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Sarah

Cupcake Fact One – Cupcake History

The cupcake (or cup cake) is believed to have originated in the early 19th Century.

Referring to small cakes the size of a teacup, the name ‘Cupcake’ is said to originate from the ramekins or china cups the small cakes were baked in, prior to the invention of the muffin tin.

Commonly known as the Fairy Cake in the UK, this traditional British sweet is slightly smaller than is American relative and is thought to have gotten its name from the whimsical idea of the cakes being small enough for a Fairy’s Tea Party.

Sarah