What determines if something is a cupcake, or a muffin? Does cupcake require frosting?
What about cake?
If something is advertised as cake, do you expect it to have cake in it somewhere? What about Dairy Queen ice cream cakes? Is it just a shape then?
I have very specific ideas about what makes a cake, a cupcake, a muffin, and a pie.
Do you have expectation also, or do you just take people at their word?
Monday, January 08, 2007
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I like your questions about what makes something a cake or cupcake or a muffin or a pie. I can relate to the DQ ice cream 'cake' - we have one on order for this weekend, but where's the cake? It's ice cream with crumbs in the middle, and then icing on the top. I don't know the answer to how each is defined, but I have always thought it odd that a Boston Cream Pie is called a pie - as far as I'm concerned, it's a cake! Cakes can have fillings in them - a filling alone doesn't make it a pie. I think of pies as having a crust. And I don't require a cake to have icing - I like them better without icing!
jzkxgbMuffins are in the bread category of food and cakes are in the dessert category of food. The ingredients in muffins have a higher proportion of flour and a lower proportion of sugar. The muffin batter is mixed just until moist and can have lumps remaining. It is thicker and more dense. Cake batter has a higher proportion of sugar and also more leavening agent. The batter is mixed until smooth and the batter is thinner and lighter. As far as DQ cakes go, I think they are called that because of their outside appearance. They look like a traditional cake.
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