cupcake

Example Sentences

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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

“Big wasn’t a crush, he was a crash,” Carrie says to Miranda as she peels down the wrapper on a cupcake topped with bright pink buttercream frosting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 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

The council has since crammed its operation into an old cupcake shop, and continues to run on a mix of state and federal funding and private donations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

It was a two-tiered cake made with my cereal cupcake recipe.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks