Page 17 - Cupcakes

your hands, place it in warm, soapy water to soak overnight, then clean with a

stiff brush.
Silicone pans may appear to be a better solution, but these flexible pans that
can withstand high baking temperatures are costly. They must be placed on a
sturdy metal baking pan, not directly on the oven rack. And the muffins or

cupcakes must cool completely in them before removing. They should not be
placed in the dishwasher.
Although silicone pans need no prepping with vegetable oil or flour and need
no paper liners, I found they were cumbersome to clean with soap, warm water,

and a sponge.
If you’re in the market for specialty pans, you will have fun looking. There are
cupcake-style pans that bake the cakes into serving-size roses, other flowers, and
heart shapes, as well as square muffin pans, even muffintop pans—shallow pans
in which just an inch of batter bakes up into a domed, crunchy muffin top.

LINERS: Perhaps you love paper cupcake liners, perhaps you don’t. If you love
them, you are possibly drawn to that nostalgic look and feel about them—the
way you peel them back from a warm cupcake, which reminds you of childhood.