cupcake
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Mary Herron, 21, who is leaving a boutique cupcake shop with two friends, has noticed a difference in attitudes amongst her contemporaries.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
His obsession with late-night television is almost endearing, like a child who bursts into tears on their birthday because someone smooshed a cupcake into their cheek.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
The sensory mismatch — a coconut-flavored “potato” — is a little kid’s dream, like the Jelly Belly “Bean Boozled” pack or a cupcake that looks like a hamburger.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
The cupcake fervor hit its peak when Crumbs, which had started as a single bakery on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in 2003, went public in a reverse merger worth $66 million in 2011.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
His teacher, Mrs. Hamlin, had given him a funny look when he handed her the cupcake box that morning.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
Café do Capa sells capybara-shaped fried foods, capybara-themed cupcakes, capybara gifts.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
So the veteran plaintiff’s lawyer from Texas showed them two grocery items: cupcakes and tortillas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
"Unlike muffins, cupcakes, or biscuits, cakes are designed to be sliced and shared," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
“It’s my belief that a life with out cupcakes is a life without love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
When the cupcakes were all done and the whole room smelled like sugar, we set them out to cool on the kitchen island.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
