Whats the difference between a cupcake and muffin?!
Answers: a cupcake is made of cake and has frosting, a muffin is an unfrosted bread, made mostly of different fruits. but if you put muffin batter in a cupcake mold does it become a cupcake? or if you put fruit in cake batter and into the cupcake mold does it become a muffin?
The differ in the way and order the ingredients are combined.
Muffins are dense, more like batter bread. If you CUT shortening into flour and baking powder, you have the beginnings of biscuits. Only add sugar and little milk, egg and then you have muffins. Check the Bisquick box. Same basic dry ingredients, you just differ in amount of sugar, liquid and then add eggs. You can flavor them multitudes of ways...eat em plain or ice them with a drizzle, or put strusel on them.
Cupcakes are light, cake batter or cake mix is very different in the way its ingredients are added together. Shortening is CREAMED with sugar and eggs, then you add dry ingredients.
Both are made in the cupcake pan, because it is an easy way to have size and portion control, and quick baking time.
they are two different things........different ingredients and muffins don't have icing on them.
muffins are bigger
Uhm, cupcake pan and muffin pan are interchangeable, as bakers realized it would be silly to have special pans for similar products.
Originally, muffins were baked in cast iron pans called "gem pans," which had indentations similar to gems or other shapes - such as corn muffins made in a pan with corn shaped indentations.
This was abandoned when the paper liners for muffins were created, and the recipe was transferred to a simpler pan - creating a small bread big enough to fit in an adult's hand.
Also, muffins were more of a breakfast item, due to the fact that they went stale pretty fast, and the ingredients were limited to staples on hand - dried fruits and nuts, corn or rye flour, one egg, etc..
Now a days, the two products are slightly indistinguishable thanks to the addition of the same preservatives and the same base for mass marketing to consumers through cafes, convenience markets and coffee shops.
Stick with your first sentence the ingredients make the different textures therefore making them different things.
cup cakes are little cakes that you eat when you drink tea
muffins and bigger and are like a snack not a treat
Cupcakes contain a batter that can be thoroughly beaten and is usually not sensitive to over-mixing, and are usually very sweet and often meant to be iced or frosted. They are considered a form of dessert and are usually not meant to be served for breakfast, but there are always exceptions to the rule.
A cupcake is a hand-held, mini dessert cake that needs no knife and no fork. All you need to do is to peel back the paper, eat them and enjoy.
Muffins, on the other hand, are made from a batter that should not be over-mixed, they are not usually iced, but rather have the addition of toppings like streusel or the like. Muffins are often served with coffee or tea or as a breakfast bread or snack. They are often sweet, but also can be savory. A muffin is a hand-held mini quick bread.
In essence, cupcakes are the one thing you remember about your 1st grade birthday party--besides the fact that some kid cried. Muffins are little quick breads you couldn't imagine serving to a crowd of party-hat-wearing 5-year-olds, but that would be perfect for brunch.
i think the main difference is the icing on a cup cake. there might be a difference in the ingredients though
i like 2 hold the cupcakes while I "have" a muff'n mmmmmm