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Fitting Muffin Pans in the Oven

hen your oven isn’t wide enough the center rack and one pan on the left
Wto place two muffin pans side by side of the rack one notch higher. Watch
side on one rack, you’ll have to stagger the higher pan, as it will bake and brown
them. Place one pan on the right side of more quickly.

1. Place a rack in the center of the oven 4. Bake the cupcakes until they spring
and preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 24 back when lightly pressed with your fin-
muffin cups with paper liners. Set the ger and a toothpick inserted in the center
pans aside. comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
Remove the pans from the oven and
2. Place the white chocolate and the place them on wire racks to cool for 5
butter in a small saucepan over low heat. minutes. Run a din ner knife around the
Cook, stirring, until both have melted, 3 edges of the cupcake liners, lift the cup-
to 4 minutes. Let cool slightly. cakes up from the bottom of the pan
using the end of the knife, and pick them
3. Place the cake mix, milk, eggs, out of the cups carefully with your fin-
vanilla, and white chocolate mixture in a gertips. Place them on a wire rack to cool
large mixing bowl. Blend with the electric for 15 minutes before frosting.
mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop
5. Meanwhile, prepare half a recipe of
the ma chine and scrape down the sides
the Lemon Buttercream Frosting.
of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
Increase the mixer speed to medium and
6. With a long metal spatula, spread a
beat 2 minutes more, scraping the sides
heaping tablespoon of frosting on each
down again if needed. The batter should
cupcake until smooth. Serve.
look well combined. Fold in the raspber-
ries and peaches. Spoon the batter into Place these cupcakes, uncovered or in
the lined muffin cups, filling each liner a cake saver, in the refrigerator until the
two thirds of the way full. Place the pans frosting sets, 20 minutes. Then store
in the oven. them, in a cake saver or under a glass