![]() ![]() The demand was so real they started making ATMs. The camera zooms onto Carrie taking a massive bite out of a pink frosted cupcake in front of Magnolia Bakery in the West Village, which lead to throngs of dedicated women standing in a line that snaked around the block in the hopes of having their very own Carrie Bradshaw moment, cupcake in hand.įor the next decade, it seemed there was no limit to when the cupcake craze would die. While Carrie Bradshaw’s character is known best for her penchant for Manolo Blahniks and cosmopolitans, her biggest influence may have been on these sweet treats. Nearly a century later, Sex and the City catapulted the cupcake into new territory. Unleash the adorable cupcake army! Photo: / Instagram _Sex And The City Make Them The “It” Dessert_ In 1919, Hostess unveiled the first commercial cupcake – their signature chocolate cake with white icing, called surprisingly, the CupCake. The easy-to-remember recipe required one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, and four eggs.īy the turn of the century, muffin tins had been invented, and cupcakes, as we know them, became increasingly popular, thanks to their quick baking time and minimal ingredients required. Meanwhile in Britain, they coined these tiny cakes, “fairy cakes,” thanks to their size.Ĭupcakes, also called Number cakes, referred to a new style of cake which they made by measuring out the ingredients by volume, rather than weight. The cupcake resurfaced in the 19th century, this time holding two meanings.īefore the invention of the muffin tin, small cakes were baked in individual ramekins, hence the name cupcake. While the origins of the cupcake remain foggy, the dessert was first documented in 1796 in Amelia Simmons American Cookery. Think they had Funfetti back then?! Photo: / Instagram From gracing elementary school birthday parties to causing a nearly decade-long national obsession, the cupcake has quite a history. ![]()
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