2. What Is A Cupcake? According to Wikipedia.com, a cupcake is a small cake designed to serve one person. The common British and Irish term for cupcakes are “fairy cakes”.
19. History ContinueD B) the “cup” name could have also originated because of the practice of baking cake in small containers – i.e.: the size of a tea cup. Another interesting bit of history, it was 1919 when Hostess introduced the famous snack cupcake, but it didn't become the cream-filled, squiggle-topped Hostess Cup Cake we know today until 1950.
20. Cupcake Places In SF Cako Bakery Kara’s Cupcakes That Takes The Cake CupKate’s Cupcake Truck Love At First Bite (Berkeley)