Q&A for How to Use Cupcake Liners

I would recommend lightly greasing the liners with some spray oil.

Yes, as long as they're durable enough to stand on their own.

Nope! The grease is for the cupcake batter to not stick to the pan, and the liners do the exact same thing, so you don't have to grease the paper liners as well.

You put the liners in the pan and the cupcake batter will hold the liner in place.

Yes, you may need to use two.

Cupcake liners always darken as the cupcakes cook. Taking cupcakes out of the cooked liners and putting them in new ones will be a hazard since the new liners won't fit snugly around the cupcakes, thus increasing the odds of dropping them. Just stick with the darkened liners.

That is your preference, but most people leave their cupcake liners on to serve.

It would be easier to put the cupcake wrappers in first so you won't get messy.

No. The paper cup should go in first.

Yes. Cupcake liners are made to go in the oven with cupcakes. As long as you are baking the cupcakes correctly, the liners should be safe.

Yes, you can definitely make them without liners.

It's up to you, but either way would be fine.

Being a baker myself, I recommend you don't put a pan of water under your muffin tin. Mainly because if you do that, the cupcakes will not set or bake properly.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees. Check cupcakes at about 16-18 minutes; they may take 20 minutes. Check by inserting a toothpick to make sure they’re done; the toothpick should come out dry.

Absolutely! The liners go into the muffin tin and the batter goes into the liner. You can also use foil muffin liners right on top of a cookie sheet, no muffin pan needed.

No, you do not need to use both. I admit that I have used both - placing the paper liner in the muffin tin first with the foil inside of it and the batter inside the foil liner. I did this in the event I got heavy handed with the batter and spilled over.

Most standard cake mixes produce about 14-18 muffins, depending on how much batter you put in the tins. You can use an entire cake mix for cupcakes and if you have leftover batter, put it in a coffee mug and microwave it for 30 second intervals to use the rest of the batter up. If you have a recipe that makes a loaf of banana bread you can get 12 smaller muffins out of that recipe, just fill the tins half full instead of two thirds.

Usually cupcakes should be baked at 350 F (177 C) for 15-20 minutes. Use that as your guideline but if your recipe gives you different directions, follow the recipe.

The silicone liners won't stick to the baking tray, so don't worry about that. To prevent the cupcakes from sticking to the silicone liners, spray them with cooking oil before pouring the batter in.

No, the liners will prevent the cupcakes from sticking to the pan. If you make cupcakes without using liners, however, then yes you should grease the pan before pouring any batter in.

This is not necessary. Seeing as the cupcakes are already in paper, there is no need to grease them. The paper prevents them from sticking to the tray or baking sheet.

You probably won't find any liners to fit mini-Bundt pans so just grease really well with some oil or butter.