Do you need baking soda for cupcakes?

Table of Contents:

1. Do you need baking soda for cupcakes?
2. Is a cupcake a muffin or a cake?
3. Do you spray paper cupcake liners?
4. How far should you fill cupcake liners?

Do you need baking soda for cupcakes?

Commercial cupcake mixes already have leaveners incorporated into the mix, along with flour, sugar, and other ingredients. You do not need to add baking soda or another leavener when you mix the batter from a prepackaged mix. When you're making a cupcake mix from scratch, however, the leavening agent is crucial.

Is a cupcake a muffin or a cake?

As cupcakes are miniature cakes and muffins are miniature quick breads, cupcakes are eaten cold. Muffins, on the other hand, can be eaten both hot or cold, depending how you like them. The takeaway: muffins are small bread-like eats and cupcakes are small one-bite cakes.

Do you spray paper cupcake liners?

Do I need to grease the cupcake paper liner? Nope! The grease is for the cupcake batter to not stick to the pan, and the liners do the exact same thing, so you don't have to grease the paper liners as well. ... You put the liners in the pan and the cupcake batter will hold the liner in place.

How far should you fill cupcake liners?

With cupcakes (standard size), it is important to fill each cup 2/3 full so the batter doesn't rise too high and spill over the top, but you don't have a gap between the cupcake and the top of the cupcake liner.