cupcake

Definition

A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.

Etymology

From cup + cake.

Example Sentences

• "But when he tasted a vanilla-frosted vanilla cupcake from the Magnolia Bakery in Greenwich Village in 2004, it changed his life. […] Members of Jordan’s royal family stop by the shop in jeans and sweatshirts, ordering boxes of cupcakes while their bodyguards wait outside."
• "Whatever else this cupcake might be up to, she was no piker."
• "“Listen, cupcake,” Cash tried to soothe. “Sometimes when grownups get mad, they say things they don't mean. I'm sure your mother—”"