I recently baked some vanilla cupcakes in a light blue paper cupcake liners. The cakes tasted great, however when I took them out of the pans, the liners seemed quite oily and the light blue liners were not as vibrant in colour. Not sure if I have explained this properly, but does anyone know how I can stop this from happening in the future? Thanks.
I've found that the cheaper the liners are the more they lose color while baking. They just don't hold to as well.
I just bought a pack of black ones to see how they'll hold up. I got some from Michaels a few days ago..they didn't do so well.
Apparently it has to do with the amount of fat (ie butter etc) in your mixture, the 'fattier' the mixture the more it will seep through. You can get liners made of greaseproof paper or glassine and these are much better. The foil liners are usually the best (they have a layer of paper and then a layer of foil). It's a bummer when it happens though, ruins the whole look!
I used the blue Wilton cake liners with yellow ducks on them so don't think quality is the issue. It is funny as it happens sometimes and not other times using the same cake recipe. Will have to take a closer look next time as to external factors such as temp of the kitchen, brand of butter etc.
I had the same problem the other day with banana nut cupcakes. It might be a waste but what I did was double the liner when I packed them for presentation purposes. That way a nice clean vibrant paper would be on the outside of the greasy dull one. Or use foil lined as mentioned above.
I am in the works of building a licenced kitchen and one of my research projects is to study cupcake liners. EVERY cupcake batch is baked in various liners in the same pan. The wilton "cute" ones with the ruffle and the straight sided ones are greasy and splotched. Cheap ones from the internet in pretty prints are bad as well. The plain colored Wiltons are good, as well as the pricier ones from Sur La Table and Williams-Sonoma. And the fail-proof ones every time are the Reynolds foil with paper liners. I do have to add that my recipes are all super moist. I do not have a problem with any papers coming off. I take them out of the pan as soon as I can touch them and I let the come to room temperature and leave them out for at least two hours. I frost them and put them in plastic containers for us, or cardboard boxes if the are for family or my daughter's school
i found a company online Viking Importing Co. (www.vikingimporting.com) whose cupcake liners I love - they come in so many different designs and colors - and you can buy in bulk or consumer packs. I have never had a problem with the liners and the company is wonderful to deal with - great customer service!
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