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'Cupcake' instead of fairy cake or bun

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JoKyJo Fri 10-Aug-12 11:45:03

I find this one hard to understand - when I was little, they were always 'buns', 'butterfly buns' if the top was cut in two to make wings with a blob of buttercream underneath, or possibly 'fairy cakes' if they were fully iced.
Fairy cake is so much nicer than 'cupcake'! Why has everyone begun calling them cupcakes?

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FirstSpringFlower Mon 30-Mar-20 12:22:56
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I always name them "fairy cakes". The same way as my mum used to. I like baking them for my three-year-old princess. I usually put them to my cupcake carrier (like the last one from this article: www.justinscafe.com/cupcake-carriers/) and organize some kind of a fancy tea party. It's our sweet tradition.

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