When did the word cupcake take over?

The Scientician · 02-06-2011 02:09AM #1

For most of my life it was a fairycake, or just a bleedin' bun!
What's up with that?
Get off my lawn young uns!

OutlawPete · 02-06-2011 02:12AM

Today, when Cupcake Crisis became mod.

KeithM89_old · 02-06-2011 02:12AM

Who doesnt love Cupcakes??

Fago! · 02-06-2011 02:12AM

I always thought it was an American term that we started using. Nothing wrong with the name cupcake. Sounds less gay than "fairy cake"

hondasam · 02-06-2011 02:13AM

Fago! wrote: »

I always thought it was an American term that we started using. Nothing wrong with the name cupcake. Sounds less gay than "fairy cake"

AH is very gay tonight.

Fago! · 02-06-2011 02:15AM

hondasam wrote: »

AH is very gay tonight.

Oh behave

Saila · 02-06-2011 02:16AM

hondasam wrote: »

AH is very gay tonight.

expand..

hondasam · 02-06-2011 02:16AM

Fago! wrote: »

Oh behave

I couldn't resist

I feel left out.

Kojak · 02-06-2011 02:17AM

I thought they were called buns.

df1985 · 02-06-2011 02:17AM

Reminds me of little posh girls and even women who go on about them and who think theyre "fab"

Theyre buns.

Saila · 02-06-2011 02:19AM

Kojak wrote: »

I thought they were called buns.

no bike racks

phasers · 02-06-2011 02:20AM

they're two different things actually.

The Scientician · 02-06-2011 02:21AM

phasers wrote: »

they're two different things actually.

Explain please.

Senna · 02-06-2011 02:21AM

Kojak wrote: »

I thought they were called buns.

So did i.
"She's got a cupcake in the oven" just doesn't sound right:D

phasers · 02-06-2011 02:23AM

The Scientician wrote: »

Explain please.

Fairy cakes are just little sponge cakes, cupcakes have fancy swirly icing and are a heavier consistency

Ruu_Old · 02-06-2011 02:25AM

It'll always be a bun! :mad: I'm blaming them bastards in Brussels.

The Scientician · 02-06-2011 02:25AM

phasers wrote: »

Fairy cakes are just little sponge cakes, cupcakes have fancy swirly icing and are a heavier consistency

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupcake

markievicz · 02-06-2011 02:29AM

had this argument with my mam earlier! They're all buns...regardless of how thye're made they all end up in my belly anyway!Hence the term bun in the oven/belly

Kojak · 02-06-2011 02:40AM

markievicz wrote: »

had this argument with my mam earlier! They're all buns...regardless of how thye're made they all end up in my belly anyway!

I'm not trying to give an anatomy lesson here, but I think they have further to go that your "belly" to end up where they are going....

cryano · 02-06-2011 02:44AM

This is the most pointless thing ever discussed on the internet! Ever!

moonflower · 02-06-2011 02:50AM

I don't think there's a difference between a cupcake and a fairy cake, but I would think of a bun as being more of a swirly number that's more bread-like. Something like this

KnifeWRENCH · 02-06-2011 02:52AM

Aww man, why the hell did I open a thread with the word cupcake in the title? I'm hungry now.

And there's no cake in the house....

moonflower · 02-06-2011 02:55AM

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Aww man, why the hell did I open a thread with the word cupcake in the title? I'm hungry now. And there's no cake in the house....

Make microwave cake.

OutlawPete · 02-06-2011 02:56AM

It's a muffin.

Fago! · 02-06-2011 02:59AM

cryano wrote: »

This is the most pointless thing ever discussed on the internet! Ever!

Wtf are you talking about? This shhit is historic :pac:

AgileMyth · 02-06-2011 03:00AM

Its a bun. I'll fight to the death with anyone who proposes otherwise.

sunflower27 · 02-06-2011 05:36AM

When I grew up (admittedly not in Ireland) they were called cupcakes because you put the cake mixture into little little cupcake patties and then put the icing on them.

It is totally different to a bun or muffin.

Joe10000 · 02-06-2011 05:42AM

I think they are two different things, one is a bun (nice buns) and one is a cup cake (nice cup cakes).

Hope that helps.

Azureus · 02-06-2011 06:56AM

I call fairy cakes the ones without fancy icing on em.

Been using cupcakes for fancy ones since these guys;
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1YImy6oyges/SsTfL2AaW3I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/9egxd7L9AoI/s400/e3_2.jpg

Ludo · 02-06-2011 07:06AM

Never heard the term fairy cake. They were always queen cakes when I was young.

efb · 02-06-2011 07:20AM

Queen cakes have currants. Fairy cakes do not

When did the word cupcake take over?

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