Cupcake is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup. Most probably they originated in the United States. The first recipe for this kind of dessert appeared in an American cookbook published in 1796, however, that does not mean of course that they had not been known before. Cupcakes are miniature cakes that are most often served in paper cups, yet richly decorated with colorful toppings, hundreds and thousands, fruits and sugar decorations. In English there is a distinction between the cupcakes decorated, which are referred to as "cupcakes", and those without decoration, which are called "muffins".
