I have been busy making lots of cupcakes for the holiday season. It is always a good feeling when you pull out a batch of cupcakes from the oven and they look perfect. On the other hand, when you pull a batch from the oven that look less than stellar, I am often left wondering, what went wrong?!
The last mishap I have encountered was cupcake liners not sticking to the cupcake. This was quite disappointing especially when they were cute (and more expensive!) Christmas liners. I did some research into why this might happen and realized that letting the cupcakes cool too long in the pan was the culprit (in my case.) As the cupcakes cooled in the pan, they slowly peeled away from the liner. This could be fixed easily if it was just a small peel (yay for sugar water!) but not when the whole liner peeled off.
My advice, as soon as you can manage to get the cupcake out of the pan (careful not to burn your fingers!) get them out and onto a cooling rack. Let cool completely, frost and enjoy!
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ReplyDeleteNot only are your cupcakes amazing, your baking know-how is sure to aid many others in the same position! Are you some kind of super human that is good at everything?
ReplyDeleteYou know I always have the opposite problem...my cupcake liners always stick to the cupcake. So after I read your post, I tried leaving the cupcakes in the pan longer than I usually do... the liners came off easily, but not so easily that they self-peeled :) Thanks for the tip! Looking forward to your future posts!
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