Did you know that Hostess CupCake has been America’s Favorite Cupcake for 90 years? This year marks the 90th birthday of the chocolate cupcake with the the vanilla crème filling and the squiggle on top. The very first Hostess CupCake was baked in 1919. Obviously it was a hit because it’s still around today. It didn’t look or taste the same back then. The Hostess Cupcake as we know it today didn’t come to be until 1950 when baking executive D.R. “Doc” Rice added the squiggles and vanilla crème filling. They have become the best selling snack cakes in history. A huge number that makes sense when you keep in mind the fact that Americans eat more than 600 million of them every year. Residents of Memphis, Tennessee eat the most Hostess Cupcakes per capita of any city across the country followed by St. Louis, Cincinnati, Las Vegas and Louisville.
I hadn’t realized that Hostess offers different versions of their CupCake. In 1999 they introduced the variety called the Golden CupCake. They also offer seasonal themes such as their springtime “Baseballs”, cupcakes with vanilla icing and red-swirl “stitching.”
You can learn more about Hostess CupCakes at http://www.hostesscakes.com/
You can also follow them @hostess_snacks on Twitter.
Thanks to Hostess, for sending me a BIG box of Hostess CupCakes and including me in their birthday celebration!
Debb
Tuesday 22nd of September 2009
1919 was a good year, it was the year my dad was born. 90 years and still being loved. Happy birthday cupcake.
James
Thursday 17th of September 2009
Happy 90th Birthday Hostess cup cake. You are a gift to the cup cake world.
pat.
Wednesday 16th of September 2009
That personified cupcake, I've seen it recently....