A Sweet Treat!
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As many of you may know, I am a cupcake fanatic. I love them- love to eat them, love to bake them, love to decorate them and love to give them to friends and family. There is nothing like the sweet nostalgia a cupcake can bring. Not to mention they are one of the most fun desserts to eat!
A little cupcake history for your enjoyment:
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The cupcake evolved in the United States in the 19th century, and it was revolutionary because of the amount of time it saved in the kitchen. There was a shift from weighing out ingredients when baking to measuring out ingredients. According to the Food Timeline Web, food historians have yet to pinpoint exactly where the name of the cupcake originated. There are two theories: one, the cakes were originall cooked in cups and two, the ingredients used to make the cupcakes were measured out by the cup.
In the beginning, cupcakes were sometimes called "number" cakes, because they were easy to remember by the measurements of ingredients it took to create them: One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, four eggs, one cup of milk, and one spoonful of soda. Clearly, cupcakes today have expaned to a wide variety of ingredients, measurements, shapes, and decorations - but this was one of the first recipes for making what we know today as cupcakes.
Cupcakes were convenient because they cooked much quicker than larger cakes. When baking was down in hearth ovens, it would take a long time to bake a cake, and the final product would often be burned. Muffin tins, also called gem pans, were popular around the turn of the 20th century, so people started created cupcakes in tins.
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Now that you know where they came from, let me show you where our cupcake-loving culture has taken them: (drum roll please)
They come in 20 different flavors, ranging from ginger lemon to chai latte . Each one is decorated in simplicity and elegance. With much excitement, I made sure to attend the Sprinkles in Scottsdale, AZ. Oh what a treat!
If you ever get the opportunity to visit any of the Sprinkles bakeries... I suggest you do! And take some extra cupcakes home to share! Enojy!
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