It’s National Cupcake Day! Cupcakes have been an American
culinary icon since the 19th century. Prior to cupcakes, ingredients used in
baking were primarily weighed rather than measured. These delightful treats
shifted the art of baking from weighing to measuring ingredients.
For many years, cupcakes were known as one-two-three-four
cakes because of their recipe: one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups
of flour, four eggs, plus one cup of milk and one spoon full of baking soda.
This formula is still the traditional cupcake recipe that many people use
today. Fun fact: the world's largest cupcake was displayed in July of 2009 at
the Covent Garden Real Food Market in London. This cupcake was about 4 feet in
diameter and weighed over 330 pounds! It also contained 200 eggs and took over
50 hours to make.
Celebrate National Cupcake Day and send a whimsical
Christmas cupcake free eCard! Then bake your favorite cupcake recipe or head to
a local cupcake shop!
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