Comments on: Ask iHC

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:18:51 +0000

Great info!

By: steffi

steffi — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:00:50 +0000

I love baking cupcakes but mine separate from the liners too. It’s so annoying! I’ve noticed that most of decorated liners are grease resistant so that the decorations won’t “disappear in the owen”. It’s kinda a good thing because who would like to use decorated liners that aren’t decorated after baking :D The grease resistance makes the liners and cupcakes separate from each other. I guess that’s the price you have to pay for pretty liners :)

By: carolina

carolina — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:29:26 +0000

Love it! Great post to read. I told my hubby that I wanted a drink as soon as I popped!. I also pump and dump. Gotta have my drink on from time to time. Haha. You are so funny and cupcakey talented.

By: Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets

Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:14:18 +0000

Great Q&A, CB! I’ve had this happen a few times recently and have been wondering the answer myself. I’ve also noticed that my cupcakes using the same recipe as others often don’t dome as much. I think my leavening may be getting old and will try the higher temp.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:28 +0000

Great tips! I also like things in multiples of 5-10. Weird!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:25:38 +0000

Remember to preheat the oven and make sure it’s the right temp as well. I also agree, set your temp higher to 375-400 to get them to “dome”. You may want to test the temp of your oven and make sure it’s heating properly.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:23:00 +0000

I have become a HUGE fan of your site! Love it!

By: Betsy @JavaCupcake

Betsy @JavaCupcake — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:01:04 +0000

I’ve also found that when I don’t let them cool in the cupcake tins for at least 10 mins and kind of “set up” in their liners…. they come separate.

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By: CB

CB — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:28:04 +0000

Hi Alanna! Are they sinking in the middle? or just flat? Ironically I love flat cupcakes b/c it makes decorating them easier IMO but if your cupcakes are sinking in the middle you might be underbaking them. Make sure you allow your cupcakes to bake uninterrupted for at least 15 minutes. During this time the baking is giving them the structure they need and disrupting them earlier could can cause them to rise and fall too fast. If you are a looking for the “dome” maybe increasing the oven temperature (375-400F) will help create the “steam” environment to induce rising. Obviously if you are increasing the oven temperature you’ll have to adjust your baking time accordingly. I’m tempted to tell you to increase the baking powder in the recipe too since it really helped to make these cupcakes (here) dome but you always wanna be careful when you play with ingredient ratios in a cupcake recipe. HTH!