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A day for the tiny things people carry because life becomes easier when string, coins, notes, keys, or a tool are close at hand.
In 1919, Hostess introduced the cupcake, a small chocolate cake with vanilla cream filling and white squiggles on top. The squiggles are not random. They form a continuous loop, like a figure-eight, which was designed to be the most efficient way to pipe frosting. The cupcake is the perfect size for a lunchbox. It is the only packaged cake that has survived 100 years of changing tastes.