cially ▁produced ▁cup ca ke ▁and ▁has ▁become ▁an ▁icon ic ▁American ▁brand . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁Host ess ▁Cup C ake ▁was ▁first ▁sold ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 1 9 . ▁According ▁to ▁author ▁Andrew ▁F . ▁Smith , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁commer cially ▁produced ▁cup ca ke , ▁originally ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁Tag gart ▁Bak ery ▁as ▁the ▁Ch oc olate ▁Cup ▁C ake . ▁Host ess ▁has ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" the ▁first ▁sn ack ▁c ake ▁ever ▁introduced ▁to ▁the ▁market ." In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁rival ▁T ast yk ake ▁disput ed ▁this ▁claim , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁T ast yk ake ▁introduced ▁the ▁first ▁sn ack ▁c ake . ▁ ▁Origin ally , ▁two ▁cup c akes ▁were ▁sold ▁for ▁five ▁c ents . ▁ ▁D ifferent ▁flav ors ▁were ▁offered ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁years , ▁including ▁cup c akes ▁to pped ▁with ▁van illa ▁or ▁m alt ed ▁milk ▁flav ored ▁ic ing . D uring ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁an ▁orange ▁flav ored ▁cup ca ke ▁was ▁developed , ▁with ▁orange ▁c ake ▁and ▁ic ing . But ▁until ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁the ▁Host ess ▁Cup C ake ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁any ▁filling ▁or ▁the ▁white ▁squ ig gly ▁line ▁across ▁the ▁top . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁D . R . ▁" Doc " ▁R ice , ▁who ▁started ▁his ▁career ▁at