How do you say "cupcake"? What is the pinyin and simplified Chinese characters used for the word cupcake? 

When looking it up there is no reliable answer. Some people seem to just call it by the chinese words for "cake" but others use the chinese words for "small cake," "cup cake," or "cake in a cup."

So I just wanted to ask for the word that actual Chinese people use most/recognize.

Thanks!
It's my honor to offer the first answer of the community for you ：）

I think you mean to 纸杯蛋糕  zhǐ bēi dàn gāo

Check out the imgs from baidu pics http://image.baidu.com/search/index?tn=baiduimage&amp;ps=1&amp;ct=201326592&amp;lm=-1&amp;cl=2&amp;nc=1&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;word=%E7%BA%B8%E6%9D%AF%E8%9B%8B%E7%B3%95

Is it？If so, I guess right :)