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Elaborately frosted cupcakes may be made for special occasions such as baby showers, graduations, or holidays.

Other decorations, such as sprinkles and icing sugar, are often added over the cake. The two halves are placed onto the filling to resemble wings. The top of the cake is separated and split in half.

A butterfly cake or fairy cake is a variant of cupcake, also called fairy cake for its fairy-like "wings".

A cake in a jar a glass jar is used instead of mugs, trays or liners.

The cake rises by mixing vegetable oil (usually olive oil or sunflower oil) into a mixture of flour and other ingredients - as the oil in the mixture heats up, it creates air pockets in the mixture which allows the cake to quickly rise. The recipe often takes fewer than five minutes to prepare. The technique uses a mug as its cooking vessel and can be done in a microwave oven.

A cake in a mug (more commonly known as a mug cake) is a variant that gained popularity on many Internet cooking forums and mailing lists.

The names of these two major classes of cakes were intended to signal the method to the baker "cup cake" uses a volume measurement, and "pound cake" uses a weight measurement. They are plain yellow cakes, somewhat less rich and less expensive than pound cake, due to using about half as much butter and eggs compared to pound cake. In later years, when the use of volume measurements was firmly established in home kitchens, these recipes became known as 1234 cakes or quarter cakes, so called because they are made up of four ingredients: one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, and four eggs. Recipes whose ingredients were measured using a standard-sized cup could also be baked in cups however, they were more commonly baked in tins as layers or loaves. The other kind of "cup cake" referred to a cake whose ingredients were measured by volume, using a standard-sized cup, instead of being weighed.

While English fairy cakes vary in size more than American cupcake, they are traditionally smaller and are rarely topped with elaborate frosting. This is the use of the name that has remained, and the name of "cupcake" is now given to any small, round cake that is about the size of a teacup. In previous centuries, before muffin tins were widely available, the cakes were often baked in individual pottery cups, ramekins, or molds and took their name from the cups they were baked in. In the early 19th century, there were two different uses for the term cup cake or cupcake. The earliest extant documentation of the term cupcake itself was in "Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats" in 1828 in Eliza Leslie's Receipts cookbook. To assemble, fill tortillas with fish and radish salad top with lime salsa and fold.The earliest extant description of what is now often called a cupcake was in 1796, when a recipe for "a light cake to bake in small cups" was written in American Cookery by Amelia Simmons. Meanwhile, using tongs, hold tortillas over a gas flame until lightly toasted, about 30 seconds per side (or wrap stacked tortillas in damp paper towels, and microwave on high until warm and soft, about 1 minute). Broil until opaque throughout, 4 to 5 minutes break up into chunks. Place tilapia on a baking sheet season with coriander, salt, and pepper. In a small bowl, mix together remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice, remaining tablespoon oil, radishes, scallions, and jalapeno season with salt and pepper. In a blender, combine cilantro, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 2 tablespoons oil, and 2 tablespoons water season with salt and pepper. Heat broiler, with rack set 4 inches from heat.

1 bunch fresh cilantro (roots and thick stems removed)Ĥ tablespoons fresh lime juice (from 2 limes)ġ/2 bunch radishes (about 4 ounces), trimmed, halved, and thinly slicedġ/2 jalapeno chile (ribs and seeds removed, for less heat), mincedġ 1/2 pounds skinless tilapia fillets (about 4)