Muffin vs. Teacake — What's the Difference?

A muffin is an individual-sized, baked product. It can refer to two distinct items, a part-raised flatbread that is baked and then cooked on a griddle (typically unsweetened) and a cupcake-like quickbread (often sweetened) that is chemically leavened and then baked in a mold.

A teacake in England is generally a light yeast-based sweet bun containing dried fruit, typically served toasted and buttered. In the U.S. teacakes can be cookies or small cakes.

A small, cup-shaped quick bread, often sweetened.

See tea biscuit.

An English muffin.

(British) A flat, round bread bun, usually containing currants, sultanas or peel and often served toasted and buttered with tea.

(British) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten; an English muffin.

(US) A traditional cookie.

A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).

(Australia) A sweet cake, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon and caster sugar, often served warm.

(computing) A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine.

Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea

(slang) Term of endearment.

Any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea

Female pubic hair; female genitals (vulva, vagina), like muff.

A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.

(slang) A charming, attractive young man. en

(dated) A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.

Another word for a roll, bap or cob, even one that isn’t flat or toasted.

To eat muffins.

To feed muffins.

To become like a muffin; to increase in size.

To make like a muffin.

Alternative case form of MUFFIN

A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.

A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan