> I looked to see what Mrs Beeton has to say about "cupcakes".[...]

As M. Lyle said, you're better off looking to see what someone like
Fanny Cradock has to say on the subject.

On 25/08/2011 10:06, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote:
>> I looked to see what Mrs Beeton has to say about "cupcakes".[...]
>
> As M. Lyle said, you're better off looking to see what someone like
> Fanny Cradock has to say on the subject.

I don't think Fanny was particularly known for her cakes. Mary Berry
would be a better choice.

And, as Mr Lyle has also pointed out, if you snip all attributions the
discussion is difficult to follow.

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Laura
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>>> I looked to see what Mrs Beeton has to say about "cupcakes".[...]
>>
>> As M. Lyle said, you're better off looking to see what someone like
>> Fanny Cradock has to say on the subject.
>
> I don't think Fanny was particularly known for her cakes. [...]

Fanny Cradock is hardly known at all to the Internet generation, it
appears. But nonetheless she and her recipes will be a better guide to
what constitutes a cake in a paper cake cup than Mrs Beeton is, given
that the paper liners don't appear to have become a mass-market item
until the 20th century.

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:04:07 +0100, LFS
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> On 25/08/2011 10:06, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote:
> >> I looked to see what Mrs Beeton has to say about "cupcakes".[...]
> >
> > As M. Lyle said, you're better off looking to see what someone like
> > Fanny Cradock has to say on the subject.
>
> I don't think Fanny was particularly known for her cakes. Mary Berry
> would be a better choice.
>
> And, as Mr Lyle has also pointed out, if you snip all attributions the
> discussion is difficult to follow.

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