What is the inside of a cupcake called?
Individual patty cases, or cupcake liners, may be used in baking. These are typically round sheets of thin paper pressed into a round, fluted cup shape. Liners can facilitate the easy removal of the cupcake from the tin after baking, keep the cupcake more moist, and reduce the effort needed to clean the pan.
Why does my cupcake have a hole in the middle?
Reason #2 Your Cupcakes Are Sinking In The Middle: You over-mixed your batter. When mixing your batter, you are incorporating air into it. If you over-mix, you incorporate too much air. And when those cupcakes bake, that air will escape creating that sunken effect.
Are Ding Dongs and cupcakes the same?
Ding Dongs are the classic hockey puck shaped cake from Hostess that has adorned many a kids lunchbox. A Hostess chocolate cupcake with the trademark sguiggly frosting is almost the same as a Ding Dong; there’re both chocolate cake, have chocolate frosting, and a creamy filling.
How do you core cupcakes without a corer?
You can use a piping bag or a spoon to fill the center of your cupcake with. You can also fill the cupcakes without coring them. Just plunge the piping bag filled with your filling into the cupcake and fill. Similar to how you might fill a cream puffcream puff.
Why are there air pockets in my cake?
Too much chemical leavener, like baking powder, can lead to large air bubbles in cakes. If the baking powder (or baking soda) isn’t mixed evenly throughout the batter, there could be pockets of it in your batter, which would lead to patches where more carbon dioxide is released, leading to bigger bubbles.
What can I do with messed up cupcakes?
Crumble or cube the cake and spread in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Toast until the cake crumbles or croutons are dry and crisp. Let them cool completely and store in an airtight container for a few days. Now go crazy and use those crumbles to top ice cream, yogurt, or cupcakes.
What happened to Hostess CupCakes?
Although Hostess Brands entered into bankruptcy protection in 2012, the company planned to continue making CupCakes and other snack cakes such as Twinkies and Sno Balls. These plans were derailed by the company’s liquidation and announcement that they were going out of business on November 16, 2012.