How to keep cupcakes from drying out: -------------------------------------------------------- Bake your cupcakes and let them cool on a wire rack. Get yourself a shallow plastic storage bin with a lid and wash it. You can find these at Walmart or even the dollar store. You want a shallow one so you don’t have a ton of air space between the top of the cupcakes and the lid. Lay a sheet of wax paper down in the bottom and set your cupcakes on the paper. Sometimes I’ll lay a piece of wax paper over them as well, but that’s not vital. You can only get one layer of cupcakes in these bins, because stacking them would make a mess, so depending on the amount of cupcakes you’re baking, you might want to get several of these containers. Now, snap the lid on the storage bin. What I do next might be a little overkill, but I am nothing if not thorough ? Take some press-n-seal wrap (you know by now I am addicted to this stuff and if you want proof check out this post) and wrap around the edges where the lid meets the container. Even though I don’t have a problem with bugs, I just have this insane fear of ants or something finding their way in. You could also just cover the container with the press-n-seal before adding your lid. Now just fill your other containers and then you can stack the containers if you need to. Just keep them on your table or counter. They are fine for a couple of days like this. Now, sometimes when I open the containers, the tops of the cupcakes are a little moist. I’ll actually take a dry paper towel and lay it over the cupcakes and sort of dab them just a bit. You don’t have to do this, but I take this precaution because I don’t want the icing to slip off if it gets warm during transport. Shortly before I’m going to either serve them or transport them, I’ll put them into cupcake or cake boxes. Make sure and add some cupcake inserts, like these, so the cupcakes won’t tip over when you move or transport them. And if you’re in a hurry, or don’t have time to go get any cupcake box inserts, you can make them yourself using just poster board. You’ll want to see how to do that here: DIY Cupcake Box Inserts After I’ve set them in the cupcake boxes, I’ll pipe on the icing. If you need a super delicious recipe for buttercream, you can find mine here. It’s my favorite and it’s perfectly fine to sit out of the fridge for a couple of days. If I’m going to transport them, I will put the cupcake boxes in the fridge for about 20 minutes or so before I leave. It’s usually hot here in Texas and that helps firm up the buttercream, so I don’t get any slide-offs during transport. Go to this post to see tips for transporting cakes in a car. These tips also work for cupcakes. So that’s it! Now, you don’t have to stress out baking all your cupcakes at the last minute because you’re afraid of them drying out! -Unicornsexsists
