This is another, really precise, national day, celebrating just an item of food but a specific type of that food item. In this case, vanilla cupcakes.
Cupcakes, which are also known as fairy cakes and patty cakes, are small, individual cakes that were originally baked in cups, hence the name. Nowadays, they have their own baking trays, as well as paper and aluminium "cups", so that there is no need to bake them in a normal cup.
These particular ones are flavoured with vanilla. This could be in the mix, or it could be in a glaze or icing applied to the top of the finished cupcake. Vanilla, true vanilla, comes from an orchid and is the second most expensive spice after saffron due to how labour intensive production of it is.
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