Mini Cakes/Muffins

eSparkles

Hiya
i wondered if I could possibly get some advice on baking mini cakes/muffins. The cases i have bought are SuperCook Mini Cake Cases .. and they are tiny!! .. It says on the back that they are for mini cakes/muffins or petit fours .. Do i just use normal cake/muffin mix ? and do i need to turn down the heat or just normal temp and reduce time ?
Also .. i dont have a tin with cups small enough for the cases .. do you think they would work on a normal flat tray, or do you think they will spill/flatten?
If anyone else has used them for mini cakes then i would love your input
Many thanks
xx

picklepick

i use normal cake mix in cupcakes. not sure about the timings though. i guess just keep an eye on them!

i use my cases on a normal, flat baking tray and dont have any probs but if you double up the cases it might help.

wogglemaker

We used to make mini sponges in them a loooong time ago for childrens parties, I think they took about 5-8 mins, and about 1 tsp of ordinary sponge mix

skint-student-nurse

i made some not long ago, after five minutes, i kept a close eye on them and i know they took less than 10 mins to cook

eSparkles

thank you everyone .. will be cooking them either tomorrow night or on my baking marathon on xmas eve morning .. i'll let you know how they go xx

blueberrypie

eSparkles wrote: »

Hiya
i wondered if I could possibly get some advice on baking mini cakes/muffins. The cases i have bought are SuperCook Mini Cake Cases .. and they are tiny!! .. It says on the back that they are for mini cakes/muffins or petit fours .. Do i just use normal cake/muffin mix ? and do i need to turn down the heat or just normal temp and reduce time ?
Also .. i dont have a tin with cups small enough for the cases .. do you think they would work on a normal flat tray, or do you think they will spill/flatten?
If anyone else has used them for mini cakes then i would love your input
Many thanks
xx

Can't speak for cakes, but regularly make mini-muffins.

Yes, use an ordinary muffin mix/recipe.

You'll get about three times as many mini-muffins as you would get normal sized ones, and they'll take between 1/2 and 2/3 of the time to cook.

Whether they'll spread...probably depends on the recipe. I'd avoid any really mushy recipes - things including banana etc - and stick to slightly drier mixtures.

eSparkles

please accept my apologies for not replying to this at Christmas

I never got round to baking them, just did normal blueberry muffins, normal raspberry ones, quiche, eccles cakes and mince pies ...
but ...
I have just put some in the oven a couple of minutes ago .. just made up normal cake mix and popped em in .. then put cocoa powder into the spare mix and will pop those in when the plain come out .. am so excited .. hope they turn out .. got my son and his mate here waiting for some lol
And thank you blueberry pie for your reply too
xx

eSparkles

ooooooo
they worked
they are yummy!! lol
thank you everyone for your advice
xxx