It’s a Cake in a Cup.
By The Cupcake Faerie on June 11th, 2011 . Filed under: Other .
Cake Mixes or Cupcake Mixes?
Is the only difference between a ‘cake’ and a ‘cupcake’ the wrapper?
I’ll tell you why I’m asking. I am probably 50/50 on making cupcakes from scratch and making cupcakes from a box. But, now that I’m blogging, I’m rethinking everything.
So, when I pulled out a Pillsbury box from my cupboard, I noticed the picture of the cake. It took me to the baking aisle at my local Wegman’s grocery store, where I found that every box mix pictures a cake. There wasn’t a single cupcake promo among them. And, on the Pillsbury website, they don’t even list their cake mixes and frostings among their products.
Pursuing this further, I found a poll on Quibblo of whether a cupcake and a cake are the same thing, but only 9 people have answered (8 yes, 1 no). WikiAnswers wasn’t much of an analysis.
And, while doing my research, I bumped into this: the world’s record for a cupcake is 150.7 pounds! Now how is that still a ‘cupcake’?
June 11th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
I once saw some Betty Crocker cupcake mixes (I think it was BC) that were half a cupcake batch. It only made 12. I couldn’t help but wonder who in the world wants only 12 cupcakes at a time and why you would pay more for less.
I don’t thinkcupcakes and cale are the same at all. Sure the contents are the same but it’s the presentation, the simplicity, the efficiency, the lack of messiness. It’s like a house. We all have sinks in the kitchen, toilets on the bathroom, a place for sleeping, etc… but the presentation, simplicity efficiency and lack of messiness :-) makes all the difference.
June 11th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
I have also seen cupcake mixes but I thought they also came with the papers.
Duncan Hines & Betty Crocker both sell cupcake mix now. Pillsbury shows cupcakes only on their seasonal cake mix.
I don’t know what the difference is except there is less.
Mini cupcakes are my favorite because they are one bite and you can have more flavors at one time!
June 12th, 2011 at 1:04 am
Wowserz @150.7 pounds. That is most definetely NOT a cupcake.
June 12th, 2011 at 9:21 am
Of course it’s the same thing, only in a cup size. Is a 8.5 inch round cake the same as a 11X13 cake? yep. I did research on the history of cupcakes a while back for a class, and came across this site, and how cupcakes got their names.
http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcakes.html#cupcakes