Perhaps it’s your birthday, or you are a recent college graduate. Maybe it’s your anniversary, and you and your partner want to celebrate the occasion. Maybe you’ve had a bad day and need a pick-me-up. In any case, you’ve decided you will be getting a cupcake.
You choose the best confectionery treat in one of the best cupcake stores. Then you come to a halt. How are you going to consume the cupcake without frosting and crumbs were strewn all over the place? Your cupcake may be too big to eat in one bite, and a standard bite would leave your nose icing-covered. You are, in a sense, stuck.
Well, we’ve got your back! There are multiple methods to eat a cupcake. In this guide, we’ll show you how to eat a cupcake without creating a mess.
The Cupcake Sandwich
The cupcake sandwich is a popular method of cupcake consumption that emphasizes neatness, convenience, and cake-to-icing cupcake ratios.
Here are the steps to follow:
- Remove the cupcake paper
- Use your fingertips and separate the bottom of the cupcake
- Place the bottom of the cupcake on top of the icing
- Eat the cupcake like you would any sandwich
The Dice and Slice Method
This way of eating cupcakes entails meticulous dissection, which can take up to ten minutes. This technique is best left to the most ardent of foodies and should only be used on high-quality cupcakes.
The stages entail either slicing the cupcake into tiny, bite-sized pieces with perfect icing distribution, top, middle, and bottom, or splitting the cake into the bottom, middle, and top sections, then spreading the icing over those three portions and eating them like frosted cookies.
This approach necessitates using a knife, a plate, and sometimes a fork, making it unsuitable for casual occasions, and because it is a process, it is best savored in the solitude of your own home. On the other hand, this method maximizes the experience of eating a cupcake by allowing you to savor all of its distinct and unique features without causing a mess.
The Fork It Method
If you want to have a lot of control over your cupcake while eating it, share it, and/or want to have a good icing-to-cake ratio, using a fork is the way to go.
Simply set the cupcake on a flat surface (such as a table, fence, plate, or a friend’s head) and dig into the center with a fork, pulling outward to release a cross-section of the cake that includes a portion of each section of the cupcake.
This method is the most practical and sanitary when eating a cupcake with one or more people. This strategy is also suitable for folks who dislike eating with their hands. The disadvantage of this method is that it quickly destroys the structural integrity of the cupcake, leaving it crumbly and difficult to consume, so it’s not ideal if you want to eat every last bite.
The Head Tilt Method
Because cupcakes are frequently consumed on the go, forks, knives, plates, or even spoons are not always available. There are several instances where cupcake eaters have no choice but to eat them with their hands.
While the Cupcake Sandwich (described above) is the greatest option for enjoying the confectionery treat in such situations, it may not always be appropriate. If your hands are dirty, for example, you would not want to handle the cupcake directly. Alternatively, you may wish to avoid crumbs on your fingers.
This method is appropriate in these situations. You only need to tilt your head in a direction to avoid the icing getting into your nose.
The Icing First Method
Even the head tilt method can’t protect you from a face full of frosting on some cupcakes since they’re so big and have so much icing on top.
In such a case, you can use the Icing First Approach, which entails licking all of the icings off the top of the cupcake before eating the cake component of the cupcake as if it were a muffin.
Finally, you can simply disregard tradition and devour a cupcake any way you like.
What’s the worst that can happen? You’ll look adorable, your pals will photograph you, and the best picture will be shared on social media platforms. That’s not too horrible.
So, head on to our cupcakes section and add your favorite cupcake to your cart. Don’t be too concerned about cupcake eating. Just enjoy yourself!