All of us have to start baking at some point in our lives. I started when I was 10 because I have a mom who baked a lot. Even then, we had just 2 cake trays – one was round and the other was heart-shaped. We had no cupcake trays so we never baked cupcakes.
But, that really shouldn’t stop you. Here’s a quick tip on how to bake cupcakes with no cupcake moulds using your Indian spice box – or masala dabba as we call it back home.
– Take out the individual holders inside and clean it if you were using it for your spices
– Dry well with a clean kitchen towel
– LIne evenly with aluminium foil (this is for even baking)
That’s it! Pour your batter 3/4 of the way and play on a baking tray in the oven. You will get perfectly shaped cupcakes of the same size each time and you don’t have to spend on an extra cupcake tray unless you bake very often.
My sis and I also did this for the perfect pound cake we baked when back in Kottayam. We I mentioned, our mom only has 2 trays and both were too big for the amount of batter we had so we improved by using the masala dabba container. We removed the smaller containers from inside), lined it with aluminium foil, and baked as normal.
What a smart idea! Thanks.
Loved the idea…. I can have real large muffins now 🙂
Grt Idea! I use Idli cups to make cup cakes.
Lovely idea. Thanks.
That's a wonderful idea, now you can have a cake of any shape, just cover any container with aluminium foil and use it..
Hey this is a nice idea. But can we use aliminium wraps in convection mode?
if you can use aluminium trays in convection oven (which I think you can) I think it's fine to use foil as well.
Wonderful idea !!!
Very interesting. Is it because of the aluminium foil wrapping that it is safe to use stainless steel cups in the oven?
steel is oven-safe even otherwise, as long as it's thick enough.
That's a use for your spice box that I've never seen before – but I guess it beats buying something that you would only use once a year.
sometimes i lurk on your site and find such helpful posts.
this time i have to comment as this post has saved me a great deal of time.
i do have a cup cake tray but it is small and the cake batter is always double. so i always have to wait till the cup cakes are baked and then again bake them spending so much time always.
thanks nags for this post and looking forward to more.