How to make your own cupcake molds?

In the kitchen of almost every housewife, you can see a large number of different devices for cooking. Among them you can find bakeware. Today we will talk about how to make your own cupcake molds at home.

Cupcake tins can be made from a variety of materials. Most often, cellulose bases are used for this. The most common options are edible processed paper, parchment edible paper.

All materials used for the manufacture of molds, must undergo special treatment. It will make them moisture resistant and as durable as possible.

Also, after such a procedure, he will be able to absorb all excess fat during cooking.

Silicone coated food grade paper is considered a great option for making muffins. You can easily make dishes of different sizes and shapes from it.

Many housewives are trying to replace store-bought baking dishes with homemade ones. Today there are many homemade cupcake molds:

• baking paper molds for muffins;
• foil dishes;
• cupcake pan with a hole;
• tulip shape;
• silicone dishes;
• utensils made of silicone sealant.

• First you need to prepare a small jar made of metal or glass. In diameter, it should correspond to the bottom of the future mold. After that, you need to draw several stripes on the parchment using a pencil and a ruler. Their width should be about 10-13 centimeters.
• Small notches are made along the entire length of the stripes. Then squares are cut out of the parchment along the lines. The pencil is then gently erased with an eraser.
• Place the square you cut out above the jar in the center. The material is pressed tightly to the base, bending its edges down. Do the same with each piece of parchment cut out.
• It is recommended to soak each mold with a little oil. After that, they are laid out in a baking dish. The finished dough is poured into them and everything is sent to the oven.

• First you need to prepare some disposable cups. From one of them it is necessary to cut the bottom to the required depth. At the same time, you need to cut out a rectangular piece of foil. It needs to be folded in half.
• The resulting foil square is carefully placed on the bottom of the glass, from which the bottom has not been cut out. The material must be pressed tightly against the object, bending its edges down.
• On top of the foil, the bottom of another glass, cut in advance, is placed. Without removing it, you need to cut off the remaining edges. But you need to leave about 1-2 centimeters.
• If you used a glass cup, then it is better to take a tight elastic band as a limiter. The edges of the molds are formed from the rest of the foil. At the end, if desired, the forms can be decorated with decorative paper.

• This option is suitable for preparing one large dessert. It can be made from foil. A large rectangle is cut out of this material. The piece is folded in half to make a two-sided square.
• The foil is placed on a smaller round or square surface. The edges of the material are carefully folded down and form dense walls of the future shape from them.
• A small round hole is cut in the middle. The material around it is gradually wrapped upward, forming walls.

This option is perfect for baking small cupcakes.

• First, small squares are cut out of the parchment. Their side should be approximately equal to the height of the future molds, multiplied by two (plus the diameter of the dishes).
• Each square is folded first at the top and then at the bottom. Thus, the material should be folded into four equal parts. On each resulting fold line with a pencil, mark the serifs with a distance that will correspond to the radius of each shape. It should be measured from the center point on the paper.
• To make your work faster and easier, you can place the glass in the middle of the parchment sheet. After that, with a pencil, make four serifs along its edges.
• To give the sheet the desired shape, you need to draw a few more auxiliary lines with a pencil. To do this, it must be bent in the direction from the marked point of the bottom of the glass to the edge of the sheet at an angle of 25-30 degrees. This must be done first on one side of the center stripes.
• After that, the parchment sheet is turned over the other side and the same fold is made from the central stripes. Now you can form the molds, bending well the places where the lines are marked with a pencil. They can then be erased with an eraser.
• First, the parchment sheet is folded over one side. Then, along the second fold, the material is folded in the opposite direction. At the end, you should get a rhombus.
• The other three lines on the sheet are bent in the same way. This will help to form the final tulip shape out of the material.

Most often, a special compound material is used to make such forms at home.

Such a base will look like rubber and can be used in place of the usual silicone material.

• First you need to prepare a plastic container. It should be free of cracks and scratches. An object made of plaster or plastic is placed inside it. The future shape will be cast from it.
• Then you need to take sand or dry mixture. They are poured into a plastic container.At the same time, you should carefully treat the item with vegetable oil or soapy water.
• The object in the container must be filled with the prepared silicone mass. After that, the container is hermetically closed with a lid. In this form, everything is left for 15 minutes.
• When time has passed, the container is opened and carefully disassembled. After a few minutes, the silicone mixture should no longer stick to your hands. The shape is cut lengthwise with a clerical knife.

In this case, any silicone sealant can be used.

It is squeezed into a separate plate. You need to mix a little potato starch with it. The resulting mass is thoroughly kneaded.

The workpiece must be greased in advance with vegetable oil or a simple hand cream. The finished silicone mixture is placed in it and left in this form until the next day. Within a day, the mass will be able to completely solidify and the form can be taken out.

The mixture should harden completely within a few hours. After that, the workpiece is removed. At the end, the resulting shape can be additionally decorated with decorative paper.

When choosing a suitable material for making a mold, take into account some of the features yourself. Remember that silicone pans will not allow crusty desserts. But at the same time, it is from such a mold that it is easiest to get the finished dish. It will be enough to bend the product slightly so that the cupcakes are on the plate.

Also remember that silicone has good non-stick properties. You can simply grease with oil before baking. It can be used for all types of cookers (gas, electric, induction).

In addition, such material does not stick to the dough and easily absorbs all excess fat. These molds look aesthetically pleasing on cupcakes.

If you want the workpieces to harden faster, then you should use a large-diameter pan with a flat lid for this. If not, you can use a metal tray.

Pour water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Then the future molds need to be laid out on a hot lid or tray. The edges of the parchment paper will dry almost immediately.

When making such utensils, remember that the height of each product should be slightly higher, as the dough will rise during the cooking process. It is necessary to correctly calculate the diameter of the workpieces. To do this, you can use a round cup.

For information on how to make foil cupcake molds, see below.