35 Cupcake Coloring Pages - Free!

In the afternoons, after a long day, you feel like eating something light and very delicious, right? And there's no better dessert to satisfy that craving than a cupcake.

Cupcakes are the ideal desserts, because they're delicious like a cake and small. That's why they're easy to digest. They're usually decorated with a cream frosting, made of butter in most cases.

They're quite versatile desserts, meaning they have many variations, like the "cake in a jar" or the "butterfly cake."

And they also have a very interesting history! Do you want to know it? Then we encourage you to color the cupcake drawings we bring for you, because if you do you'll find fun facts that will surprise you.

This means that you'll be able to learn something new while doing something quite fun, like coloring. Try it! You'll see that you won't regret it. So, what are you waiting for?

1. In Spanish, "cupcakes" literally means "cup cake."
2. The first mention of cupcakes was in the book American Cookery by Amelia Simmons. She used that term to explain that it was a small cake.
3. In the United States some call cupcakes "fairy cake" because, according to bakers, they would be ideal for a fairy party.
4. The 3 most consumed cupcake flavors in the world are: vanilla or chocolate, Red Velvet, and "carrot cake."
5. The most typical cupcake toppings are: buttercream, ganache, cream cheese, and many others. They're also decorated with fondant.
6. In the 19th century, before the molds you know today were invented, cupcakes were made in clay bowls. Surprising!
7. In the United States around 2 to 3 cupcakes are eaten per person per week.
8. Years ago an official measure was established to define the volume of the cupcake's ingredients, known as "1234." Although not everyone follows the measure. And you, do you follow it?
9. The largest cupcake in the world weighed 596.47 kilos, and it was made for a charity concert in Miami.
10. The 3 most consumed cupcake flavors in the world are: vanilla or chocolate, Red Velvet, and "carrot cake."
11. Years ago an official measure was established to define the volume of the cupcake's ingredients, known as "1234." Although not everyone follows the measure. And you, do you follow it?
12. The smallest cupcake in the world was made in the United Kingdom, and it had a size of 1.5 cm tall and 3 cm wide. It really was tiny!
13. Cupcakes are present at 13% of American weddings.
14. In the United States some call cupcakes "fairy cake" because, according to bakers, they would be ideal for a fairy party.
15. December 15 is International Cupcake Day.
16. In New York "cupcake ATMs" were created because they're so appetizing that Chef Candice Nelson came up with this idea and it was a success.
17. Cupcakes were invented in the 19th century and since then they became the favorites of Americans.
18. Careful! Don't confuse the madeleine with the cupcake. A madeleine is closer to a sponge cake, whereas cupcakes have a moister batter.
19. According to the "Wall Street Journal," the cupcake business is one of the few that the economic recession hasn't affected.
20. In Paris, right in the Montmartre neighborhood, is one of the most famous bakeries specializing in cupcakes, it's called "Miss Cupcake."
21. A cupcake ATM exists! It's located in Beverly Hills, it works 24 hours a day and offers around a dozen different flavors.
22. In some Latin American countries, like Venezuela, cupcakes are known as "ponquecitos" or "ponqué."
23. In the year 2014, television host Martha Stewart published a cookbook dedicated to cupcakes.
24. A "cake in jar" is a way to make cupcakes. The baker uses a glass jar instead of molds.
25. A "butterfly cake" is a kind of combination of cupcake and madeleine, also known as "fairy cake" for its fairy "wings."
26. The most typical cupcake toppings are: buttercream, ganache, cream cheese, and many others. They're also decorated with fondant.
27. One difference between muffins and cupcakes is that muffins are barely beaten, they're only mixed gently, something that doesn't happen with cupcakes.
28. In the 19th century, before the molds you know today were invented, cupcakes were made in clay bowls. Surprising!
29. Cupcakes were invented in the 19th century and since then they became the favorites of Americans.
30. The first mention of cupcakes was in the book American Cookery by Amelia Simmons. She used that term to explain that it was a small cake.
31. Muffins don't have filling, unlike cupcakes, which can have it.
32. December 15 is World Cupcake Day.
33. In the 19th century, before the molds you know today were invented, cupcakes were made in clay bowls. Surprising!
34. The smallest cupcake in the world was made in the United Kingdom, and it had a size of 1.5 cm tall and 3 cm wide. It really was tiny!
35. In Spanish, "cupcakes" literally means "cup cake."