Tiny cakes go a long way

There are many new "fads" in snack food ranging from frozen yogurt to tapioca. Simple foods that get the spotlight and are consumed as much as our favorite burger chains daily. One new "trend" is the cupcake. As cupcakes climb to the top of the food chain people are becoming more creative making cupcake burgers on april fools, cupcake cakes that seem to slowly be replacing birthday cakes, and even cupcake boutiques. The cupcake craze is even starting to spread onto our clothing like socks, necklaces, shirts, etc. Wherever you go you are surrounded by cupcakes, buying groceries theres a whole section just for the treat, when you jog you run into a cupcake shop, cupcake clubs, books dedicated to cupcakes, and even cupcake competitions on t.v.

The art of baking cupcakes generated in  in the late 18th century when people found it was faster to bake the delicious treats in little cups rather than big cakes. Also, it was alot easier to make the batter for cupcakes because the simple recipe was easy to remember.

So whats so amazing about cupcakes?
-portable
-custom piece instead of having a slice to everyones cake
-fast to cook
-easier to decorate
-you can fill them with candied fruit, cream, etc.

Fun Facts:
Old recipe- the 1,2,3,4 cupcake recipe was a simple recipe easy to memorize because people couldn't read in the late 1800's
Most popular snack cupcake is the Hostess chocolate cupcake which was created in 1919 but added the creamy filling in 1950

To finish off: a joke I hear a long time ago

There were two cupcakes in an oven
One cupcake turned to the other and said
"man is it hot in here or is it just me?"
the other one said "Geewillickers, its a talking cupcake!"


Some cupcake places to try out:
Sprinkles
Two Little Red Hens
Kara's Cupcakes
                                                                         Sugarland
                                                                         Dots Cupcakes

sources:
flikr
iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring07/ayers/history.html
www.crazyaboutcupcakes.com/learning.html
www.squidoo.com/cupcake-history.html
cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2007/04/cupcake-jokes.html