What Causes Rounded Cupcakes???
Decorating By partsgirl25 Updated 1 Jun 2006 , 11:28pm by partsgirl25
I need to make cupcakes with a rounded top, how full would they need to be to bake up rounded? Usually mine come up a little under the top of the liner.
1/2 way full will give you the more flat look. If you want it rounded fill your liners 2/3rds full. 
I have heard that when you first put them in if the oven is a little hotter than normal and about 5 minutes after baking turn down to normal baking temp will give muffins a rounded top. I think that this would work for cupcakes too!
I don't know if this is right or not, but in my limited experience with cupcakes, I've found that the lighter mixes, if filled as Texassugar stated, about 2/3 full inside the patty pan, then they tend to round out nicely, the heavier mixes, such as the mudcake I usually make, tend to bake fairly flat.
I tried a recipe recently from the Whimsical Bakehouse cookbook, it was for vanilla cupcakes and they were very round on the top.
I can send you some details if you would like to PM me.
Thanks so much for the help. I guess I don't really need them round, just with a little hump on the top.
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