How to Bake Cupcakes

including the best way to stop peeling cases

Cupcakes, those tiny cakes that look so easy, but sometimes leave us wondering what we did wrong. Here I give you a few tips on how to bake cupcakes successfully, with cases that stick and tops that are flat!

I once did a poll on Instagram, asking if bakers used a different or the same recipe for cupcakes and big cakes. I always use a different recipe, and I was surprised to see that only 31% of bakers did the same.

Using a different recipe for Cupcakes than you do for Big Cakes

Cupcakes, by their very nature are small. They are also very unique in that they come with they're own structure in terms of a cupcake case, which holds them together. Because of this you can afford to use a much more delicate recipe. It doesn't need to be as structurally sound as the one we use for bigger cakes. Personally I go for a recipe that is much more moist, has a finer crumb and a delicate internal structure. Overall it gives a better mouth feel (don't you just hate that term, but it describes it so well).