Cupcke Recipe and Baking Tips

• For extra-moist cupcakes, try adding 1 pkg. Jell-o Instant Pudding to your favorite boxed cake mix.

•  Want to turn your favorite cake recipe into cupcakes? Most cake recipes will make16-24 cupcakes. Fill liners no more than 2/3 full and decrease baking time to 15-20 minutes.

• Check cupcakes at the low end of the recommended baking time. Use a toothpick to check 2 or 3 cupcakes in different areas of the pan: if it comes out clean, they’re done!

• Cool cupcakes completely before frosting to avoid a melted mess.

• For best results, use a small spatula for frosting cupcakes instead of a butter knife.

• If you don’t have piping tips and bags, fill a resealable ziplock bag with frosting. Cut a small corner off bottom of bag and use to make decorative designs on cupcakes.

• For a quick frosting, use cool whip Extra Creamy Whipped Topping tinted with a few drops of food coloring.

• Add a little crunch! Try topping frosted vanilla cupcakes with toasted angel flake coconut, crunched up oreo's, crunched up heath bars, etc.

• Freeze unfrosted cupcakes in freezer resealable plastic bags up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature, then frost as desired.
  
   
• Use cute cupcake liners to transform that simple cupcake into a cute hit.