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Muffins
"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:05:26 -1000, dsi1
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>>>On 12/29/2013 4:03 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>> What is the difference to you? I really don't know.
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>>>A cupcake is like a small cake and is frosted. It has a finer texture
>>>than a muffin, which is never frosted. If it's got a texture like a
>>>muffin and is frosted, it's some kind of freakish hybrid. You can whip
>>>up a muffin a lot faster than a cupcake. A muffin's texture depends on
>>>mixing the ingredients together in a few seconds. I like muffins,
>>>cupcakes - not so much.
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>> Regardless the recipe, if it's baked in a paper cup it's a cupcake.
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> We used to make fairy cakes (shuttup Sheldon). The same recipe as a
> sponge cake but baked in bun cases We used to cut a slice off the top,
> put a dab of cream on, cut the slice into two 'wings' and put them on top
> and then we called them butterfly cakes)
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> http://www.mykitchentable.co.uk/inde...tterfly-cakes/
Cute!
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