How to Convert a Cake Recipe to a Cupcake Recipe
You don’t need a cupcake recipe to bake cupcakes. In fact, most cake recipes can be easily converted to cupcake recipes:
- Make the cake batter as directed in the recipe.
- Fill one cupcake liner halfway with the batter.
- Bake at the temperature called for in the cake recipe, but check for doneness starting at 20 minutes.
- If the cupcake is not done, check on it at five-minute intervals until it is fully baked. Note how long baking took.
- See how high the cupcake rose. Some recipes don’t rise at all, while others will double in size.
- Use the cupcake’s height to determine whether you should fill the remaining cupcake liners more or less than halfway.
- Bake the remainder of the cupcakes for the time that you determined in steps 3 and 4. You may need to add a few minutes to account for a full cupcake tin.
Can your cupcake recipes be converted in the opposite direction to full-sized cakes? I’m particularly interested in the garbanzo bean flour chocolate ones
Yes, you’ll just need to adjust the baking time.
I used your ultimate vanilla cupcake recipe to make an 8″ cake but I can’t seem to find the right time/temp to bake. The outside overcooked b/c it took awhile for the middle to cook through. Should I decrease the temperature? I’m going to make it again tonight…trying to get it right before my daughter’s birthday party this weekend!