Definition of "cupcake" []

• A small cake baked in a cup-shaped container. (noun)

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• "Personally, I think that the line in between a cake and a cupcake is a little fuzzy at this scale."
• "The only thing better than a cupcake is a cupcake with a rich cream filling."
• "For a fancy cupcake, the marginal cost of producing another cupcake is the cost of the ingredients in that cupcake (not the 1000lbs of butter or flour purchased in the last delivery from the supplier), plus the cost of labor required to make that cupcake (plus, if one were to quibble, the cost of things like utilities and rent required for the fancy bakery to stay open long enough to make it)."