National Cupcake Day Cake Poll and Giveaway

Let me be the first to wish you a very happy National Cupcake Day. Yes, you heard me correctly. Today (December 15) is National Cupcake Day.

And in honor of this momentous day, I'd like to bring back a question I asked a long while back, that I'd love to ask again--you know, in case old readers' preferences have changed, or in case there are new readers who didn't weigh in the last time!

The question is a most important one: how do you eat a cupcake? 

Do you eat it with a knife and fork, pinkies out?

Do you tear it in half and discard the bottom so as to increase the frosting-to-cake ratio?

Do you invert it, sandwich-style, to keep your fingers free of frosting?

Do you eat yours with a spoon, served in a dish of milk?

...Or do you just dig in?

I can't wait to hear your responses. Oh, and to make it slightly more fun, I'm going to choose one commenter at random and send them a copy of  Cupcakes: More Than 50 Fun Recipes for Creative Cakes! This is an adorable book wherein you'll find recipes and decorating tutorials such as:

Awesome! So, once again, to enter to win the book, just leave a comment saying how YOU eat a cupcake! I'll close the poll and choose a winner one week from today, on December 23rd at 5pm PST.

Comments

[Titia]

wow. I had no idea there were so many ways to eat a cupcake. Me? shove it in your mouth all at once and get as much frosting on your face as possible :) Thank you Cakespy!

[Rae]

I'm a slice-and-sandwich cupcake eater. I know, cuppie. I'm a monster.

[neonmoon10]

I eat cut it in half. Eat each half

[ladywild]

I lick off the icing, then eat the cake.

[kerry]

Bottom first and then the top-laden frosting.

[Amelia]

I like to just dig in!

[Katie M]

First, I tear off the bottom half of the cake piece by piece. Then I savor each bite of the cupcake which now is only a little cake & loads of frosting! Yum!

[Jacqui]

No special way... I just bite right into it!!!

[Danielle CHan]

Of course rip it in half and make a sandwich!! I may lose some crumbs along the way, and the frosting may leak out - but it is the only way to go and i consider the loss of morsels well spent. Like a sir.

[TK]

Peel and bite! Usually top first!

[Amanda]

I peel back the wrapper and eat it with a tiny fork. I've always been trying to eat it sans cutlery and just take a bite out of the cupcake but I just can't bring myself to do it. No idea why...

[Cookie]

I just peel off the paper and dig in!

[jac]

i just dig in. i try to get the whole length of the cupcake in each bite. sometimes it involves a little tilting of the head to get the very bottom and the frosting in the same bite.

[Gina]

I've eaten my cupcake almost every way possible. Really depends on the size of the cupcake, what it's served in, where I'm eating it, and what I have available to eat it with.

[Rebecca N]

I always rip off and eat the bottom first, and then the top after! I love saving the best for last! Mmm icing...

[Evelyn R]

I make a cupcake sandwich......twist off the bottom and then put it on top so the icing is in the middle

[Sara H.]

I used to eat all of the frosting off first, but now I eat cupcakes with a fork. I try to take relatively small bites to savor it. Thanks for the giveaway!

[Christina]

I usually tear off the bottom, stick it on top of the frosting, and eat it sandwich style! And until reading your post I totally thought I was the only one that did that! Yay! Other people are freaks too!

[Rebecca]

I eat the bottom first and then eat the remaining cake and frosting. Much better frosting to cake ration that way :)

[Toni]

When there is a lot of frosting (>1cm thick), I'll make a top-down cut with a plastic knife through the center of the cupcake, then eat each half from the bottom up.

[flory]

io lascio a glassa x ultimo....desiderio! se non vinco il libro :( dove lo posso comprare????

[Bianca]

i cut the bottom off and make a little whoopie pie sandwich! :)

[Megan]

I eat a cupcake by starting with the icing and then chomping down to include the cake underneath...you need a little of both in each bite to make it scrumptious!!

[Sarah]

From the bottom up, of course (after removing the wrapping). Can't start with the frosting! That's just silly!

[Caley]

I eat it from the bottom up so I can save the best part, the frosting, for last!