Cupcake Baking Tips

While whipping up my football theme cupcakes, I learned a couple of tips for making cupcakes and thought I'd share them.

Though it's easy enough to whip up a batch of cupcakes at home using box cake mix and store brought frosting, there are still a few ways to make sure your confections bake as perfectly as possible.

Follow the below tips to ensure your cupcakes come out of the oven looking nice and even, with the ideal little dome top; they'll impress anyone you give one to!

My Top Cupcake Baking Tips

Use not 1 but 3 baking paper cups in your cupcake pan per cupcake. The extra cups will help support the cupcake as it bakes, causing it to puff a bit higher and creating a nice rounded top.

Fill baking cups so the batter line is 1/2-inch down from the top rim. I don't know about you, but I have trouble telling when a baking cup is 2/3 full as is the wording in many directions.

Allow cupcakes to cool completely before decorating and make sure the kitchen has cooled off as well. It's even better to get the cupcakes out of the hot pan and on a wire cooling rack shortly after you remove them from the oven. This will enable them to cool evenly and quickly, but also prevent buttery grease from seeping to the bottom.