Fun facts about cupcakes

You may interested in these fun facts, it may blow up your mind.

• Why is it a "cupcake"? Ans: Amelia Simms had introduced a recipe of " a cake to be bake in small cups" in one of her books in 1976.
• Cupcake baking pans are available in three sizes. Small(mini),medium(regular) and large. This variety allows for experimentation with different cupcake forms. Recipes on this site can be baked in any size pan, although the baking time will need to be adjusted for mini and large pans.
• Mini cupcakes usually take 5-7 minutes less than medium size cupcakes and large cupcakes usually takes5-10 minutes more.
• 15th December is known as national cupcake day. 
• Several attempts have been made to create the World's Largest Cupcake. However, by definition, these would indeed just be large cakes iced together mimicking the classic fluted shape of the true small stature of a cupcake. The current holder of the record: GourmetGiftBaskets.com for their 1224-lb., 2 million calorie creation baked on August 15,2009.
• If giant cupcakes are imposters, then the World's Smallest Cupcake is a sure winner.
• 29 cupcakes in 30 seconds is the record for eating the little treats.
• 1 cupcakes without frosting is average about 130 calories. Low fat varieties have also come out so that we can enjoy the tasty delight not worrying about our fat intake.
• The first "cupcake only" bakery is Sprinkles Cupcakes, opened in 2005. They make over 25,000 cupcakes a day from 11 locations.
• Original cupcake recipes were not frosted.