I may be little, but there is nothing more yummy then me!!
Cupcakes are individually portioned confections that have a long and venerable history. Diminutive iterations of popular traditional baked goods are particularly enjoyed when portability and ease of service is appreciated.
Cookies, teacakes, petits fours and cupcakes all spring from the same basic idea. There seem to be two theories about the origin of any recipe titled "cupcake".
The first one is that the name comes from the amount of ingredients used to make the cake (a cupful of flour, a cupful of butter, cupful of sugar etc.). This is very similar to how pound cake was named. In fact, the recipes for cup cakes and pound cakes include pretty much the same ingredients and would have produced similar results. The second theory says that these cakes were originally baked in cups. Old cookbooks also sometimes mention baking cupcakes in small pans, indicating an individual portion.
