Fort Wayne, Indiana's The Journal Gazette offers up several cupcake recipes, including basic cupcakes, brownie cupcakes, dried fruit cupcakes, and lemon meringue pie cucpakes, in an article on our favorite dessert:
Cupcakes have been around since at least the 18th century, although they were called “queen” cakes way back then. Often, they were baked in decorative molds, but some simple recipes called for baking them in earthenware cups. Hence, the probable origin of the name. By the 19th century, cupcake recipes were included in all kinds of cookbooks. Some food historians say that, much like the pound cake recipe that included a pound of this and a pound of that, cupcake recipes used a similar cup of this and a cup of that strategy.
Cupcakes used to be classified as “kid food” and served at kids’ parties because they are so easy to make, not so messy to eat and can be served to a ton of kids at once. The traditional cupcake is either vanilla or chocolate batter with a butter cream frosting. But there are tons of variations that could include almost any ingredient you can think of. (Well, almost. Truth to be told, I’ve never seen a recipe for a salami cupcake.)
They also highlight The Goody Tw-Shoes One World Café, about which they say:
Your perfect cupcake: Something as delicious and eco-friendly as you are. Banana nut, dairy-free, wheat-free. Contains free-range eggs, organic flour and organic sugar. Doesn’t mind being called a hippie.
Cupcakes have been around since at least the 18th century, although they were called “queen” cakes way back then. Often, they were baked in decorative molds, but some simple recipes called for baking them in earthenware cups. Hence, the probable origin of the name. By the 19th century, cupcake recipes were included in all kinds of cookbooks. Some food historians say that, much like the pound cake recipe that included a pound of this and a pound of that, cupcake recipes used a similar cup of this and a cup of that strategy.
Cupcakes used to be classified as “kid food” and served at kids’ parties because they are so easy to make, not so messy to eat and can be served to a ton of kids at once. The traditional cupcake is either vanilla or chocolate batter with a butter cream frosting. But there are tons of variations that could include almost any ingredient you can think of. (Well, almost. Truth to be told, I’ve never seen a recipe for a salami cupcake.)
They also highlight The Goody Tw-Shoes One World Café, about which they say:
Your perfect cupcake: Something as delicious and eco-friendly as you are. Banana nut, dairy-free, wheat-free. Contains free-range eggs, organic flour and organic sugar. Doesn’t mind being called a hippie.
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