cupcake

noun

cup·​cake ˈkəp-ˌkāk How to pronounce cupcake (audio)
: a small cake baked in a cuplike mold

Examples of cupcake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Magnolia Bakery Location: 401 Bleecker St Although there are now several stores across the Big Apple, the Magnolia Bakery on Bleecker Street is the original location where Carrie and Miranda sit outside with pink cupcakes and talk about Carrie’s crush on Aidan. Kayla Keegan, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024 And refuse to conform to a space filled with cookies, cupcakes and copycats. John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024 Or go wild: Pile all the cupcakes on a platter with scoops of ice cream, drown it all in sauce, and let everyone go to town. Tiny but mighty, these individual buckwheat cakes are rich and dense and bring big sticky toffee pudding energy. Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024 When baking the hummingbird cupcakes, some of the oil may leach through the paper liners and into the muffin cups themselves. Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024 Whip up a batch of these chocolate Guinness cupcakes—with a festive surprise inside. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2024 The husband-and-wife baking team at Royal Cheesecake and Varieties has an array of cheesecakes, cupcakes, and cookies on their menu. Tykesha Spivey Burton, Essence, 5 Apr. 2024 The Easter tradition also included cupcakes, which Schwarzenegger Pratt decorated in the video, and time spent with real-life animals, including ducks and bunnies, as well as the Easter bunny himself, who seemingly presided over an egg hunt for the girls and their friends. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024 Those who weren’t abusing cupcakes and banana bread were trying to smell like them. Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cupcake was in 1828

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“Cupcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cupcake. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

cupcake

noun
cup·​cake ˈkəp-ˌkāk How to pronounce cupcake (audio)
: a small cake baked in a cup-shaped mold

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