Baking With Cardboard/paper Cupcake Cups
Baking By katielb Updated 9 Jul 2013 , 11:38am by matthewkyrankelly
Im really hoping to get some advice from those of you that use the cardboard/paper cupcake cups (such as this)
As these aren't fluted they dont fit into any of the cupcake pans that I own. I have placed them on a baking tray and popped them into the oven which seems to have worked fine but I was just wondering what others do. Is there a cupcake pan you can buy that has straight sides that these cups would fit into?
Also, when I use these cups and bake on a baking tray, I never get nice, even tops as I do using fluted liners in a fluted cupcake pan (the traditional sort which always produce a lovely even dome/surface). Any ideas why this may be the case? All I can think is that the heat isnt being distributed as evenly???
Looking forward to any tips :)
TIA
AAre you supposed to bake in them or are they just for decoration? Would you be able to bake in a normal cupcake wrapper or just in the pan and put them in those after baking? Just curious bc I have used some decorative cupcake wraps around regular ones but the decorative ones were lacy and not solid like those.
All of the similar ones I use are meant to stand on their own and be placed on a baking sheet. That is one of the reasons they cost more.
Slapsappyhappy you are supposed to bake in them, and they are great as they give a nice shape and height however I just cant get the tops even. Ive seen the cupcake wraps (which are gorgeous) but the cups im talking about are a different product :)
Matthewkyrankelly, out of curiosity, when you bake them with them do you get nice rounded tops/domes?
I will preface my answer with the fact that I used them for one special event and used one particular recipe. They did not bake nicely. I couldn't use about 30% of what baked for various cosmetic reasons. However, the recipe was very temperamental. That could have been the cause.
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