I’ve gotta say...there are several ways to eat a cupcake...none of them wrong.
1) Snarf it directly out of the little paper cup, nose pressed into the icing. Probably the messiest.
2) Pull the paper cup off of the cupcake and eat it “sans” paper. Less messy, but you’ll still spread crumbs if you’re walking around while consuming.
3) Pull the paper cup off, place the bare cupcake on a small plate...and eat it with a fork. The cleanest of all. Or, better yet, in a dish and add a scoop of ice cream.
Take a fork and stick it in from the bottom of the paper cup and eat it like an ice cream cone.............
I pull the bottom half of the cupcake off and put it on top, making a cupcake sandwich. Less messy, and evens out distribution of frosting and cake.