“Once you lick the frosting off a cupcake, you have a muffin … and muffins are healthy. You’re welcome.” This bit of rationalized wisdom was posted in a deli we recently visited in North Carolina. It ...

All jokes about muffins just being breakfast cupcakes aside, there are some critical differences that actually make them lightyears apart. On an anecdotal level, cupcakes and muffins traditionally ...

Both domed, handheld baked goods are created using the same pan, but here’s what actually distinguishes one from the other. When my husband and I were first dating, we were watching a cooking ...

Why do we think having a muffin for breakfast is okay but not a cupcake? Is it the sugary icing? Or how we like to pretend that our double chocolate chip muffin is “healthy”? Discover what makes them ...

Christmas is just around the corner, and families across the world are preparing to gather and celebrate the holiday season. People celebrate this joyous occasion by baking sweet treats such as ...

Never have these miniature sweets enjoyed such celebrity, such popularity, such fandom. Bakeries dedicated solely to these frosted hand-held treats are popping up around town. There is Cupcakes on ...