Forgive the "cupcake lady" if she feels a tiny bit snubbed.

Last week during his visit to Raleigh, President Barack Obama was introduced by Sara Coleman, owner of the Cupcake Shoppe in Glenwood South.

On Tuesday, the day he turned 48, Obama gave legendary White House journalist Helen Thomas a plate of cupcakes -- they share the same birthday; she's 89.

Alas, they weren't Coleman's creations.

"I would love to say that they were, but they're not," Coleman said by telephone.