Oh heck – when I saw your topic title,I thought it was a survey of who our favorite stud muffins are. I’d like to lick the icing off that cupcake Matt Damon.
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
Cupcakes are made of cake batter (very sweet). Muffins are made of muffin batter, which should be a lot denser and less sugary – in short, more bread-like. But of course commercial bakeries think the public wants everything big, soft, and nauseatingly sweet, so the distinction tends to blur …