Fairy Cake or Cupcake - what do you call yours?

[pogofish]

They have always been called American pancakes IME and are so often badly/under cooked and inedible.

 

[pogofish]

I call them crêpes. Because I am cultured, not uncouth.

Crepesare totally different to American pancakes IME

 

[pogofish]

Pogofish said about 25 miles to the NW of Aberdeen. He put a map up didn't he??

It is almost straight West

And my link is google maps.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

So what city is it in then? Or rather, what city would you like it to come under?

 

[pogofish]

Its in the shire, not the city.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I call them crêpes. Because I am cultured, not uncouth.

French crepes are different to English pancakes (according to Wiki)

 

[geminisnake]

I call them crêpes. Because I am cultured, not uncouth.

Crepes are the big ones you put savoury stuff in, aye??

 

[geminisnake]

It is almost straight West

And my link is google maps.

The bloody Aberdonian said NW ok

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Pogofish said about 25 miles to the NW of Aberdeen. He put a map up didn't he?? Just google map it
Nice wee rural placey with a fine bakery Between Alford and Dufftown

I did and I couldn't see what city it was in. I've decided to avoid confusion, it will now be in Australia

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&xhr=t&q=rhynie+and+australia&cp=20&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GBfficial&channel=s&biw=1229&bih=490&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

 

[pogofish]

The bloody Aberdonian said NW ok

Eh?

 

[weepiper]

I did and I couldn't see what city it was in.

I don't quite think you have the same definition of 'rural' as us down there

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I don't quite think you have the same definition of 'rural' as us down there

You mean "us up there"

 

[geminisnake]

No, you're down there, we're up here Rhynie is in rural Aberdeenshire. The bit that surrounds the city of Aberdeen.

Pogofish, he said west is Deeside.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No, you're down there, we're up here Rhynie is in rural Aberdeenshire. The bit that surrounds the city of Aberdeen.

Pogofish, he said west is Deeside.

Stop arguing. We're down here, you're up there. Up = North. UP THERE!

 

[weepiper]

Stop arguing. We're down here, you're up there. Up = North. UP THERE!

Down = South. Down there And there's three of 'us' arguing with one of 'you' so the 'us' is definitely 'us up here'.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Down = South. Down there And there's three of 'us' arguing with one of 'you' so the 'us' is definitely 'us up here'.

Urban75 operates from down here and you three are on U75

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

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[Johnny Canuck3]

They have always been called American pancakes IME and are so often badly/under cooked and inedible.

You can't blame the Americans if British people don't know how to prepare them properly.

 

[fortyplus]

Sorry for not reading all 8 pages of this thread and for repeating what might have been said before but - my mum called the little cakes she baked every other day "buns", not "fairy cakes" or "cupcakes". But that was wrong, because a bun should be yeast-raised like a teacake. Whatever they are they are not muffins, which are flat things you split before toasting.

 

[moose]

Your mother is correct - bun is an appropriate term for a non-yeasted small cake in the North.

 

[tufty79]

the bbc are playing with fire regarding their headline and the story..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12620980

 

[Epona]

I've only just seen this thread and it's on page 9, forgive me if I repeat something that was said earlier but I'm not going to read the whole thing!

I use the term fairy cakes, but my OH calls them cupcakes, probably because he is of US stock and uses a lot of US terminology (cilantro instead of coriander being an obvious one I can think of, math instead of maths, trash instead of rubbish... you get the picture).

I always assumed that the difference in terminology was due to the US cooking measurement using cups - ie cupcakes were a cup of flour, cup of butter etc (the same way that fairy cakes are like 4oz flour, 4oz butter and so on...) but I have sadly found absolutely no evidence to back this up.