I have found that every time I make cupcakes (or muffins, cornbread & hot dog muffins, etc) that the paper liner sticks to the finished cupcake. I know its not me because the Tim Hortons 'muffins' also stick to their liners.
How do I fix this?
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Isn't that normal? I suppose if it's causing a problem, you could use a non-stick (teflon, etc.) muffin pan, without the paper liners. You could also try silicone-coated (parchment) liners. A quick check reveals that e.g., Amazon sells them. <purist>cornbread shall be cooked in preheated cast iron, and if that's sticking, you need to season your cast iron properly.</purist> |
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I've had this happen too and I've found this little trick helps. Line your muffin/cupcake tin with your papers and then give the papers in the pan a light coating with non-stick spray. |
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If you put them upside down into the microwave under a wet paper towel for 15 seconds, the cupcake papers come right off. |
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I second the non-stick spray. Another suggestion would be putting a water bath in to keep the muffins or cupcakes from drying out too much and sticking to the paper. |
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I've found cooking them in paper cases and silicone cases seems to stop them sticking. I think the silicone stops the moisture escaping and the paper means they don't stick to the silicone. |
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One question would be why do you need the wrappers? If you don't need them at all, just grease the pans and don't use them. I once agreed to make cupcakes for a wedding**, and as I knew this was a potential problem (and I didn't want people dressed nicely having to struggle with unwrapping frosted cupcakes), I greased the muffin tins, and purchased larger than normal wrappers. Once the cupcakes were baked, I removed them from the pan, and just placed them in the wrappers. ** I actually agreed to make a cake. I was told 'just a plain white cake'. So I took 3 months of cake decorating classes. Then somehow it changed to '150 cupcakes, with a rose on each one' ... luckily, I found a place where I could buy the roses, but I had to clean 'em out. |
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I have no answer, as I have the same problem of the cupcakes sticking to the paper cases. But I think the best explanation so far that I've seen, is to spray with a cooking oil spray. Just lightly inside the paper cases and then the little cupcakes should slip right out. I also put my paper cases inside silicone molds, but this does not stop the cupcakes from sticking. Leaving the cakes to cool down before trying to eat them does not ensure the cakes coming out of their cases properly. So next time I make I'll be going the cooking oil spray route, so as to have the perfect cupcakes hopefully! |
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My muffin recipe calls for melted butter,so I brush a little into the bottom of the cases and up the sides a bit. Works a treat tho I see Lakeland do greaseproof ones that I might try..about 3p per case tho and don't know if I want to eat silicon! |
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