# How do you eat a cupcake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590 "2014-10-17T15:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/1 "2014-10-17T15:43:12Z")
It’s too tall to take a top-to-bottom bite, and for any other approach, there’s virtually no way to ensure you get a proper cake-to-icing ratio. Or am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/2 "2014-10-17T15:47:56Z")
One of those “right way to eat foods” click-bait lists has the person cutting the cake part in half and making a sandwich out of it. I would never bother to do that myself. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/3 "2014-10-17T15:51:11Z")
Yeah. I don’t often eat big iced cupcakes, but I’d probably start on the bottom, and alternate those bites with little nibbles from the edge of the top. Then, try to end up with the center of the iced top? ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/4 "2014-10-17T15:52:12Z")
Fork ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/5 "2014-10-17T15:54:53Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > One of those “right way to eat foods” click-bait lists has the person cutting the cake part in half and making a sandwich out of it. I would never bother to do that myself. This is how I do it. Except instead of cutting, I just rip it in half and slap the bottom on top of the icing. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/6 "2014-10-17T17:25:10Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > It’s too tall to take a top-to-bottom bite Say what now? The cupcakes I remember getting at bake sales and picnics and class parties in elementary school weren’t too tall to take a top-to-bottom bite. Or maybe I just have a big mouth… ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/7 "2014-10-17T17:29:20Z")
1. Scrape off 90-95% of icing. 2. Place cupcake in bowl. 3. Scoop ice cream into bowl with cake. 4. Eat with spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/8 "2014-10-17T17:49:16Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Fork Me too. My family thinks I’m a freak. But I don’t get icing in my mustache. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/9 "2014-10-17T17:50:09Z")
Pop the top, eat the stump, donate frosting. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/10 "2014-10-17T18:03:26Z")
Break off bottom, throw away. Eat top and delicious icing. Wait, they aren’t just delicious icing conveyance methods? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/11 "2014-10-17T18:10:50Z")
You two need to team up. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/12 "2014-10-17T18:12:12Z")
Passionately. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/13 "2014-10-17T18:16:31Z")
Open wide and chomp! What else. You might get icing on your face but that’s the risk of cupcake eating. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/14 "2014-10-17T18:26:14Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Open wide and chomp! What else. > > You might get icing on your face but that’s the risk of cupcake eating. You, sir, have the boorish manners of a Yalie! ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/15 "2014-10-17T18:36:56Z")
> [@Osiris\_the\_1st](#): > > 1. Scrape off 90-95% of icing. > 2. Place cupcake in bowl. > 3. Scoop ice cream into bowl with cake. > 4. Eat with spoon. exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/16 "2014-10-17T18:39:44Z")
Same way I eat muffins. Rip the bottom off and suffer through it. Reward self with top half. Repeat 6 times. Spend rest of evening crying and clutching college jeans. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/17 "2014-10-17T18:56:31Z")
I lick all of the frosting off, then enjoy the cupcake. I’m not a fan of frosting, but I can usually tolerate the amount that’s on a cupcake. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/18 "2014-10-17T19:37:04Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > You two need to team up. Agreed. Please pass your unwanted frosting this way. I also love the corner of the cake where there’s frosting on TWO sides. It’s a good thing that I only have cake once a month, when the workplace birthday celebration happens. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/19 "2014-10-17T19:44:30Z")
Cram entire cupcake into cupcake eating hole. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/20 "2014-10-17T19:47:10Z")
1. FROSTING 2. I’ve got a big mouth and I’m not dainty. Ya cram it in there, is all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590.md?page=2)