What’s Your Favorite Flavor to Indulge in on National Cupcake Day?
- Tanisha Wallace Porath
- Dec 14, 2023
- 2 min read
Who doesn’t love a cupcake, a succulent, almost bite-sized piece of loveliness? We as humans have enjoyed cupcakes since the 1800s. In fact, cupcakes came from a baker who wanted to make a smaller cake that was easier to handle instead of the traditional, large 3-tier cakes of the day. The baker? Amelia Simmons, in 1796, wrote the recipe for a “light cake to bake in small cups” for the cookbook, American Cookery. The “cup cake” was a huge success. A delight to the women of the time who were tired of making large cakes for small celebrations, such as a child’s birthday. Baking a small cake in a teacup or ramekin was also more economical for many families.
Since their inception, cupcakes have taken over the world. Today you can find any type of cupcake you desire. Frosting-filled, bacon-covered, vegan, the world is your oyster when it comes to the cupcake. So, on this National Cupcake Day, enjoy! And here’s a tip from your friendly cupcake lover, if you take the cupcake’s bottom off and place it on the top, you get a cupcake sandwich!
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I am a Literary Arts nominated essay writer whose work has appeared in the online magazine, Full Grown People and in the Her Nexx Chapter blog. Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, I grew up daydreaming about summer and the big city. Before I started writing personal essays, I dedicated my life and my youth to photography and spent several years taking editorial pictures for newspapers and magazines, including Seattle Monthly, Willamette Week and The Oregonian. I have two roommates that I happened to give birth to, my daughter and my son. My hobbies include knitting, then ripping out what I just knit and beginning again, watching any and all documentaries and spending time with my adult roommates. I became a widow on April 2, 2013. I became a writer on April 3, 2013.
