Soggy muffin tops - what can I do?

plumtreebabe

Hi Everyone,

I baked three different batches of muffins for a cake sale on Saturday, but I think I must have put them in the storage containers before they were properly cool. Now the tops feel 'clammy', is there anything I can do to dry them out? Could I pop them under the grill on Saturday morning before going out?

They taste nice but I would really prefer them to be dry on top!

Thank you

lisa26_2

I find muffins tend to go a bit sticky on top. One thing though, storing them in a plastic container will make this worse, they're better off in a tin or box. not sure what you can do to correct it now though, perhaps leaving them open to the air will dry them out a bit. I'd be wary of putting them under the grill as they could burn quite easily.

Trow

I'd be tempted to try sprinkling them with sugar then popping them back in the oven or maybe under the grill. I'd try one first to see how it goes though!

Linda32

Can I say, they sound nice as they are I wouldn't think of them as clammy, but just nice and moist rather than dry cake.

It might just be me being carp at making cakes, but they sound okay to me.

plumtreebabe

Thank you for your prompt replies - I think I'll just leave the chocolate ones, and the carrot cake ones, but the white chocolate ones didn't exactly rise, they spread out with a large flat top so I might try the sugar and reheat for those. (I know they all taste nice as we now have 11 of each, it's hard to keep a dozen when you have an eight year old daughter and you've baked muffins she hasn't tried before!)

Trow

Did it work out okay?

meritaten

I dont know if this would work - you would have to use your own judgement. But, my grand kids love to make jam doughnut muffins (just ordinary vanilla muffins but with a jam bit in the middle.)
then we melt some butter and dip the muffins in that and then in caster sugar! totally delish!