Cupcake Emoji

Food

A frosted cupcake served in a pleated paper liner, topped with a swirl of icing and colorful sprinkles. It looks like a standard single-serving party treat found in bakeries everywhere.

Usage Context

This is the go-to emoji for birthdays, celebrations, or signaling that someone has a craving for something sweet. It frequently appears alongside 🎂 or 🍰 when people are planning parties or sharing photos of homemade treats.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2018, this emoji was introduced as part of the Emoji 11.0 update to fill the gap in popular baked goods, following significant user requests for a dedicated single-serving dessert icon.

Details

Glyph

🧁

Unicode

U+1F9C1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9c1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDC1;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Food

Subcategory food-sweet

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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