If I have a cupcake. And then I take the frosting off the cupcake. Is it still a cupcake, or a muffin?

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• deepfriedchril@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Unfrosted cake is still cake.

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  • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    not in the club, tho

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• Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Cupcake, because muffin batter and cupcake batter are made slightly differently

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  • Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Bad news for u bud, muffins are cakes.

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    • gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They’re quickbreads, actually.

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• sxan@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you frosted a muffin, would you call it a cupcake? What if you baked a really tiny sourdough loaf, with garlic and onions. If you frosted it, would it be a cupcake?

  Completely different batter, so no. You would have a deconstructed cupcake.

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• hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s still a cupcake because it’s cake and not muffin. Cake is a sweeter and fluffier kind of bread because it has more sugar and fat, whereas muffins are basically just dense bread.

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  • magiccupcake@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Neither are really bread as they are not leavened with yeast.

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• DeadNinja@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Theseus, is that you ?

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  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This was exactly my thought, too

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• Freshparsnip@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My understanding is that a cupcake is made of the same stuff as cake, while a muffin is more like bread

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• cattywampas@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Muffins I believe are denser with more fat and less sugar. Though I see what you’re saying and we’re all just making excuses to eat dessert for breakfast sometimes.

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• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Isn’t the cupcake defined by being in a cup? So I’d say a muffin is also a cupcake.

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  • hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No. A cupcake is defined by being a cake in a cup. Muffins aren’t cakes.

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    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Muffins are also in cups though

      Checkmate cakecupalists

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