Cupcake Fact #1

So with all of these yummy cupcake recipes and pretty cupcake pictures, I got to wondering how the cupcake became what it is today. Where did the cupcake come from? And when? Through some 'googling' I found that there are two different possible stories behind the cupcake.

The first theory talks about the way these 'cakes' were baked before the invention of the muffin tin. They were baked in pottery cups and other small molds. The small container allowed for fast baking and was in a convienent single servce size. Most cupcakes in the present day are about the size of a teacup.

Photo from A Cup Of Glee

The second meaning of the word, cupcake, dates back to when ingredients were measured by volume rather than weight. A standard cup was used to measure out one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour and so on.

What other fun cupcake facts do you have?