kuppikakku — meaning in English

English meaning

• cupcake noun A small individual cake, usually baked in a paper or foil cup and topped with icing.
• muffin noun A small, cake-like baked good, often eaten for breakfast, that can be sweet (blueberry, chocolate chip) or savoury (bran, corn).

Senses

kuppikakku is used for these senses in English:

• cupcake A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
• muffin A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).

cupcake — full definition

1. noun A small individual cake, usually baked in a paper or foil cup and topped with icing.
2. noun Informal: a soft or easily beaten opponent, or someone seen as weak.

muffin — full definition

1. noun A small, cake-like baked good, often eaten for breakfast, that can be sweet (blueberry, chocolate chip) or savoury (bran, corn).
2. noun (British) A flat, round bread roll, split and toasted, and served with butter — an "English muffin."

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