IT'S HOSTESS CUP CAKE DAY!

It's Hostess Cup Cake Day! And what better way to celebrate than with a 1956 ad--sliced and diced for your viewing pleasure--from our friend WISHBOOK a.k.a. Jason. Click on the images and links.

For those who don't know....but want to....The Hostess Cup Cake was first sold on May 11, 1919. According to author Andrew F. Smith, it was the first commercially produced cupcake, originally produced by the Taggart Bakery as the Chocolate Cup Cake.

Hostess has also claimed that it was "the first snack cake ever introduced to the market."   In 2004, rival Tastykake disputed this claim, claiming that Tastykake introduced the first snack cake.  IN ANY CASE, READ MORE HERE

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