Cupcake Top Question

Decorating By kjt Updated 4 Apr 2007 , 3:41pm by kjt

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kjt Posted 4 Apr 2007 , 2:27pm
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Can someone tell me how to get the tops of cupcakes flat? I weight my regular cakes, but I think that would crush the cupcake papers.
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TIA

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mdutcher Posted 4 Apr 2007 , 2:38pm
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I guess you could push down a little on them when they first come out of the oven, but otherwise, I would just slice it off level with a serated knife.
I'm not exactly sure, but I think I read somewhere that if you bake at 325 instead of 350, they don't mound as much? Maybe someone else could confirm this.

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ssink1 Posted 4 Apr 2007 , 2:42pm
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I was told in my cake decorating class that you can turn down the temp of your oven, it will make your cakes rise more at the same level. It seems to work because I do it and I don't have much of a problem anymore.

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ruralepicure Posted 4 Apr 2007 , 2:44pm
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I bake mine at 325 and they always come out level.

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awolf24 Posted 4 Apr 2007 , 2:46pm
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I have kept the cupcakes in the baking pan and then put another flat baking sheet on top, weighted down with something that I have around the house in my pantry or whatever, and let them cool that way for a while. I didn't have a problem with them squishing or anything - it just leveled the tops out. Hope that helps!

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kjt Posted 4 Apr 2007 , 3:41pm
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Thank you all!

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