How to Use cupcake in a Sentence

cupcake

noun
  • Then, cupcakes and champagne toasts were served to the scattered guests, before the couple had its first dance in the street.
    Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Like plotting a cupcake attack against Graves, that was a bad plan Sunday.
    oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Pick something simple: wine and cheese, pizza, cupcakes or champagne.
    Anna Goldfarb, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Bake Cupcakes Whip up a batch of our delicious cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2020
  • There's also baked-from-scratch cupcakes in a myriad of flavors and toppings, muffins, bagels and coffee.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2020
  • This doll has a Hello Kitty apron and baking tools, including two ready-to-eat pretend cupcakes and an oven mitt.
    Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The cupcakes were split into three different groups, prosecutors said in the court documents.
    Amir Vera, CNN, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Oranges, bananas, cookies and cupcakes were also offered, and visitors were invited to take bread to go.
    Ginger Christ, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
  • As someone who has always had a hodgepodge of hand-me-down baking sheets and random cupcake pans (that went largely unused), something like this would be fantastic.
    Shay Rodger, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020
  • There’s the bitter taste of ending a career with a defeat, or ending it ignominiously against a cupcake opponent.
    John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Coffee options are available with soy, almond or coconut milk and pair with a variety of vegan baked goods including pear almond scones, espresso walnut brownies and dark chocolate mocha cupcakes.
    Tirion Morris, azcentral, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Rao pegs the beginning of premium mediocrity’s ascent to the 2008 financial collapse, when cupcakes ruled the culinary landscape.
    Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2020
  • With cupcake in hand, one nurse turned to the the others.
    NBC News, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Add chocolate chips, point sides in, to the sides of each cupcake for the bolts.
    Beth Branch, Country Living, 27 July 2023
  • The event includes crafts, jumpers, a cupcake hop and food.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
  • There were cupcakes and more shots of cognac, and words of love.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Use a sharp knife and cut a small circle from the center of the cupcake, and fill it up.
    Serena Coady, Glamour, 21 July 2021
  • Press each half into the frosting on each side of the cupcake.
    Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Dear Heloise: My cupcake wrappers used to be all over the place in the cupboard.
    Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The Chiefs could use a cupcake game after facing the Bills, 49ers and Titans in the last three weeks.
    Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Justin Thomas said despite the changes, the 16th hasn't turned into a cupcake.
    Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 5 June 2021
  • Can't ask for much more than that in this age of early cupcakes.
    USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The next night, there were cupcakes outside their door.
    Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 28 May 2020
  • The 66-year-old has spent nearly 18 years at the iconic New York City cupcake shop.
    Claire Zillman, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Fresh cakes and cupcake prices fell 1.5%, and cheese was 1.6% lower.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 12 Aug. 2020
  • In 2022, TikTok taught us how to make gourmet cupcakes from cake mix.
    Hollyanna McCollom, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This cupcake was heavy on the lemonade, and light on the strawberry.
    Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2024
  • In it, Hart has a cupcake in her hand and is belly laughing.
    Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2021
  • Joke’s on me because there are mini cupcakes in the kitchen.
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 17 June 2024
  • For eyes, use table tennis balls with black sticker pupils and halved mini cupcake liners as eyelids.
    Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024

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