The earliest documentation of the term `` cupcake '' was in `` Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry , Cakes , and Sweetmeats '' in 1828 in Eliza Leslie 's `` Receipts '' cookbook .
The earliest use of the term `` cupcake '' was in `` Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry , Cakes , and Sweetmeats '' in 1828 in Eliza Leslie 's `` Recipes '' cookbook .