# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/41 "2014-10-21T04:47:06Z")
For a cupcake with filling (chocolate ganache!) and a stack of frosting, I cut it in half vertically so I have two equal halves, then place the halves side-by-side on a plate to be eaten with a fork. For a regular cupcake with a stack of frosting, I eat the bottom of the cupcake first, followed by the top of the cake and its wonderful frosting. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/42 "2014-10-21T04:53:09Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > 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? My method: Is the icing better than the cupcake (extremely rare)? Then I lick the icing off and throw the cupcake away. Is the cupcake better than the icing? Then I scrape the frosting off and eat the cupcake. Very rarely do I eat both. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/43 "2014-10-21T10:20:54Z")
> [@Doctor\_Who](#): > > 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. This, except I find a sort of twisting motion is cleaner than just ripping. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/44 "2014-10-21T21:23:13Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > 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. My love of vanilla icing knows no bounds. I generally rip the bottom off and eat the top. Sometimes I just eat the icing and toss the rest. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/45 "2014-10-28T05:19:31Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Passionately. I’m just grateful that you didn’t say “With relish”. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590/46 "2014-10-29T10:11:22Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > 1. Lick off the **FROSTING** (not icing) > 2. Eat the part that protrudes beyond the wrapper > 3. ??? > 4. PROFIT!!! > 5. Peel the wrapper and eat what’s left > > I’d much rather have real cake than a cupcake, though. Boy will it be nice when the stupid cupcake fad ends Pretty close to this for me, too. The frosting will overwhelm the cake part, so you have to get it off first. Not completely down to nothing, but enough that it will go with the cake part. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-a-cupcake/701590.md?page=2)