Fairy Cake or Cupcake - what do you call yours?

[ethel]

wee buns!

 

[dodgepot]

lame, seriously.

 

[spanglechick]

Butterfly cakes

interestingly, the top one is a butterfly cupcake, and the bottom ones are butterfly fairy cakes.


tbf to you, Minnie - i think fairy cakes have more history in the UK. It's not that the name has changed, but cupcakes i think, may be a more recent import - possibly because they look more impressive to sell in shops..

 

[Biddlybee]

Whatever you call them, they're too small!

 

[spanglechick]

That's Yank. In the Old World we call those 'biscuits'

GS(v)

nah - not a namechange: substantively different thingt, and another import - like cupcakes.

these are biscuits:

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

why you sticking your tongue out at me? it's not me who asked the question!

wrong poster, sorry.

I'll get you your cupcakes, fairy cakes, butterfly cakes and pot of tea

Would you like a muffin as well?

 

[dodgepot]

yeah, spanglechick's correct. cookies are a chewy, doughy american thing. biscuits are crunchy.

 

[spring-peeper]

lame, seriously.

I try - remember it's only 8:40 in the morning for me.


Actually, for some strange reason, little kids in this area call them all muffins. I never figured it out. Maybe the parents are trying to convince their kids that it's healthly.

I insist on proper British terms for food in my house. My kids call them cupcakes.

 

[Biddlybee]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=e...tl:1&q="fairy+cake"+history&btnG=Search&meta=

 

[spanglechick]

I try - remember it's only 8:40 in the morning for me.


Actually, for some strange reason, little kids in this area call them all muffins. I never figured it out. Maybe the parents are trying to convince their kids that it's healthly.

I insist on proper British terms for food in my house. My kids call them cupcakes.

is there some belief that an american muffin is something other than a really big cake, then?

 

[spring-peeper]

yeah, spanglechick's correct. cookies are a chewy, doughy american thing. biscuits are crunchy.

My cookies are nice and crunchy, thank you very much.

Those chewy, doughy things started making an appearence a while back. They call them "soft cookies". I think they should be called "undercooked cookies".

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

For dodgepot

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

My cookies are nice and crunchy, thank you very much.

Those chewy, doughy things started making an appearence a while back. They call them "soft cookies". I think they should be called "undercooked cookies".

You're cookies are biscuits. Your chewy doughy things are cookies

 

[Biddlybee]

You're cookies are biscuits. Your chewy doughy things are cookies

Things are called different things in other countries

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

interestingly, the top one is a butterfly cupcake, and the bottom ones are butterfly fairy cakes.


tbf to you, Minnie - i think fairy cakes have more history in the UK. It's not that the name has changed, but cupcakes i think, may be a more recent import - possibly because they look more impressive to sell in shops..

I'd take a butterfly cake over a fancy, multi-coloured cupcake any day

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Things are called different things in other countries

That's fair enough, but in the UK fairy cakes are fairy cakes




























and just because they're a slightly different shape and look different is no excuse for calling them cupcakes

 

[spring-peeper]

is there some belief that an american muffin is something other than a really big cake, then?

No clue - I only live here.

It amuses me to no end the different words they have for things. It varies so much from region to region. Having kids thank me for the muffins when I give them cupcakes cracks me up. Seriously, they may look the same when they come out of the oven, but cupcakes have icing and muffins don't.

I wonder about the children over here sometimes

 

[Biddlybee]

You can put icing on muffins

 

[gsv]

yeah, spanglechick's correct. cookies are a chewy, doughy american thing. biscuits are crunchy.

Americns call all biscuits cookies. It's just the American-style oversized chewy biscuits for wich we've latterly imported their word, forcing those with a less-developed sense of culinary heritage to call cookies cupcakes or fairy cakes.

<end pompous mode>

GS(v)

 

[EastEnder]

I like Twiglets.

 

[spring-peeper]

You're cookies are biscuits. Your chewy doughy things are cookies

I'll take your word for it.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

I've never had a completely satisfactory explanation of exactly what it is that americans call biscuits. I know they're served with savoury items but that means nothing - we're talking about people who souse sausages in sweet syrup.

 

[spring-peeper]

I want to try a fairy cake now

Maybe I'll find a recipe and bake them for the kids this aft. It will be interesting to see the difference. Who knows - maybe we have found something new and exciting.

 

[spring-peeper]

I've never had a completely satisfactory explanation of exactly what it is that americans call biscuits. I know they're served with savoury items but that means nothing - we're talking about people who souse sausages in sweet syrup.

Maple syrup over sausages and blueberry pancakes is one of the best ways to wake up in the morning.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'll take your word for it.

Excellent. Glad to hear it. Now make sure you train your children to call them biscuits.

 

[mr steev]

but cupcakes have icing and muffins don't.

There's more to it than that though. They are completely different cakes. Muffins are more squishy (and made with more flour and milk) whereas fairycakes are more like a light sponge

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Maple syrup over sausages and blueberry pancakes is one of the best ways to wake up in the morning.

I'll see your sugared bangers and raise you John Humphreys.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I want to try a fairy cake now

Maybe I'll find a recipe and bake them for the kids this aft. It will be interesting to see the difference. Who knows - maybe we have found something new and exciting.

Do butterfly cakes, they're prettier

 

[EastEnder]

Maple syrup over sausages and blueberry pancakes is one of the best ways to wake up in the morning.

Marmite on toast.

 

[spring-peeper]

No clue what a John Humphreys is - is that like a Jack Daniels????