Cakes because you normally get stuff inside. Like cream or jam. Cupcakes are a scam because it's just sponge and a topping. The implication being that all aliens are more advanced than us and not just single celled orgasms living in a puddle of goo on a featureless rock planet? Good choice, me too....

I've been all about Voracity by Myth & Roid (Overlord II, I think, opening)