Cupcake
Plain cupcake with strawberry icing and chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing | |
| Alternative names | Fairy cake, patty cake, cup cake |
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| Type | Cake |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Main ingredients | Butter, sugar, eggs, flour; optionally, frosting and other cake decorations |
A cupcake (AmE, CanE), fairy cake (BrE), or bun (IrE) 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, frosting, icing and various other cake decorations such as fruit and candy may be applied.