CUPCAKES

STRANGE FACTS ABOUT CUPCAKES

Ø Cupcakes (and other baked goodies) are banned in New York City’s schools as a way of curtailing rising obesity rates.

Ø Cupcake liners do more than make it easy to remove them from the pan. Traditionally, sides of tins are greased for easy removal, but also floured because the batter needs to have something to cling to. A cupcake liner takes care of both.

Ø Suzanne Rutland claims to have eaten over 50,000 Hostess cupcakes and even founded a Hostess Cup Cake Club. This iconic cupcake has been around since 1919, but became hugely popular with the addition of a creamy filling in 1950.

Ø Several attempts have been made to create the World’s Largest Cupcake. However, by definition, these would indeed just be large cakes iced together mimicking the classic fluted shape of the true small stature of a cupcake. The current holder of the record: GourmetGiftBaskets.com for their 1224-lb., 2 million calorie creation baked on August 15, 2009.

Ø If giant cupcakes are imposters, then the World’s Smallest Cupcake is a sure winner. Baked in Great Britain in celebration of National Cupcake Week, this mini-mini measured 1.5 centimeters high and 3 centimeters wide.

Ø While not edible, the $25,000 cupcake car featured by Neiman-Marcus in 2009 is perhaps the oddest cupcake. Cupcakes will be custom made to match your favourite flavours and toppings.

Ø 29 cupcakes in 30 seconds is the record for eating the little treats.