Posted by Jonathan Labaree on July 03, 2003 at 19:11:48 from 207.5.234.19 user JLabaree.
In Reply to: Re: photos of various foodstuffs, was Re: English Muffins = Perverted Crumpets ????? posted by Alan Hakim on July 03, 2003 at 18:20:08:
Ah, yes, the cupcake. I think of cupcakes as sweet, rather like mini-cakes, usually with frosting. Muffins are less sweet, without frosting, and generally a morning food, often with fruit, such as blueberries, in the dough. Same shape, though, and generally cooked in the same sort of pan.
No. 3 may look like a scone, but it's not likely to be even remotely sweet. As you say, the scone in No. 4 is one segment of a larger scone, partially sliced before baking (very much what I think of).