What is the difference between a cupcake and a muffin?

Question

What is the difference between a cupcake and a muffin?

Answer 1

a cupcake is sweet and has icing and more sugar.

a muffin can be made with grains and have a lot of healthy things about it while cupcakes are well...cakes

Answer 2

cupcakes are moister softer and better then lame muffins

Answer 3

cupcakes are usually things you would normally make a cake out of--so it's like a cake in a cup.  cupcakes are generally frosted or iced and decorated.  they are usually some type of chocolate or vanilla

muffins are more plain.  they are made from batter you would not normally make a cake from  i.e everyone has heard of bran muffins, but not bran cake , although in the case of carrot cake , there are some exceptions to the rule. muffins may have chocolate chips or icing sugar on top, but are generally not frosted or decorated.  

Answer 4

uh they have frosting!

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Answer 5

cupcakes are desserts and have frosting

muffins are hot, no frosting, and for breakfast

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Cupcakes have icing and are softer. Muffins on the other hand are just plain without any icing.

Answer 8

The Basic Difference Between Cupcakes and Muffins is the amount of Liquid Used. Cupcakes tend to use almost double the amount of eggs, oil, and water. This explains why they are so much more moist the muffins. Other then that and the fact that most people do not eat cupcakes for breakfast there is not much of a difference.

Answer 9

cupcakes often are more moist and have frosting and are sometimes made from cake batter, while muffins usually have fruit or other add-ins

and sometimes have a glaze.

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