Comments on: Muffins & Cupcakes: Why they are different.

By: Flyboy

Flyboy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:21:58 +0000

That is the worst post I’ve ever read… so basically a cupcake is a little cake (no, really? … in a cup?), eaten at parties and a muffin is not eaten at parties but for breakfast and tea… Well hoo ha… Can we please have a description of the tangible difference… ie: The different ingredients…

… and can I have a cupcake with my tea? … Pretty Please… Does that make it a muffin?

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By: Jake19

Jake19 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:00:34 +0000

now what are the muffin cupcake hybrids at resturants like famous dave’s for example? What would you call that? It’s kinda cake like, it crumbles like a cake but doesn’t strike me as a cupcake its kinda sweet but i dunno if id decorate and frost it up.

By: CulinaroNYNY

CulinaroNYNY — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:29:55 +0000

Strictly speaking, muffins are not bread at all, contrary to popular belief. bread is made from dough. Cake is made from batter. It matters not whether the end product is sweet, if it’s made frm batter, it’s cake. Even some things we traditionally call “bread, ” such as banana bread, pumpkin bread, zuchini bread, and yes, even cord bread and quick bread, are all batter based, and therefore, cake. The difference between muffins and cupcakes is the kind of flouer used and the amount of fat used. Most traditional cakes are made with fine cake flour, where as muffins and other “quick breads” are usually made with an all-purpose flour. Yes, I know, we have all used all-purpose flour in our cake recipes, too, but we usually mix it at higher speeds and this has a tendency to smooth out the batter and increase the effects of the gluten in the flour.

Muffins are made with all-purpose or “baker’s flour” and are hand mixted to a sometimes lumpy batter. There is also a much higher fat content in muffin batter. A pan of 6 huge or 12 medium-sized muffins might require a whole stick of butter or more, as well as some milk or cream.

So, call it what you like, but if it comes from batter (even if it’s shaped like a muffin or a loaf) it’s still technically cake.

By: amsiewong

amsiewong — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:50:11 +0000

@Natalia, hey thanks for the visit For me what makes cupcakes and muffins different is precisely the ratio of all the ingredients. It’d be great to experiment within the ratio the recipe states

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By: Natalia

Natalia — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:54:34 +0000

Hi, thanks for the explanation, I wanted to know the difference. I am from Chile and we usually make big cakes, not individual cupcakes or muffins. I want to ask you something about the recipe. I make cakes since I was a little girl and my recipe has been: you mix a cup of sugar with a little of oil, then you add two eggs and beat it very well; then you pour two cups of sift flour and one spoonful of baking soda and beat it. I add half cup of milk to the mix, I think that is optional, but that soften the mix a little. My family likes the cake that way, but I prefer it a more crumby and soft, like cupcakes. How do you make them?

Yesterday I tried to make cupcakes with four eggs instead of two, only one cup of flour, half cup of butter and one grated apple with cinnamon. First they were very high but then it started to low, and they got plane.

By: amsiewong

amsiewong — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:33:40 +0000

@zanazainal: Glad it is useful

By: zanazainal

zanazainal — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:22:27 +0000

thanks…at last what I search for,I’ve already found…I can use it to expalin to my students…