cupcakey

From cupcake +‎ -y.

cupcakey (comparative more cupcakey, superlative most cupcakey)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a cupcake.
   • 2016, Jenn McKinlay, Vanilla Beaned, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 62:

     Tart lemon cake with sweet raspberry icing, it was a one-two punch of cupcakey goodness.

   • 2016, Jen Malone, Gail Nall, “Lauren”, in You’re Invited Too, Aladdin M!X, →ISBN, page 215:

     […] I ask Sadie after I swallow the last bite of cupcakey goodness.

   • 2021, Carter Higgins, Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish, book 1, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 138:

     It looked so delicious, so real—like if you didn’t see its cupcakey bottom, you’d think it was a salty, slimy, crunchy, breakfast-time egg.

2. (informal) Sweet; affectionate; endearing.
   • 2011, C. J. Skuse, Pretty Bad Things, Chicken House, →ISBN, page 12:

     I’ve always seen couples stroking each other and going all cupcakey and sending text messages every five seconds and stuff, but me and Jason weren’t like that.

   • 2014, Barbara Stuber, Girl in Reverse, Margaret K. McElderry Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 44:

     You must act cupcakey sweet on the outside.

   • 2014 October 19, Porochista Khakpour, “A girl’s powerful coming of age in the ’70s”, in Los Angeles Times, page E11:

     […] for [Darcey] Steinke, the girl crush is not cute and cupcakey and frothy; it is serious, intense, dangerous and all-consuming.